No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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We decided to place the motor to one side of the man, so that in case of a plunge head first, the motor could not fall upon him.Orville Wright
In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.
Orville Wright
With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my first flight on a strange machine in a twenty-seven mile wind, even if I knew that the machine had already been flown and was safe.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds.
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The ability to do this so quickly was largely due to the enthusiastic and efficient services of Mr. C.E. Taylor, who did all the machine work in our shop for the first as well as the succeeding experimental machines.
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