If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. - Orville Wright 1 Share Now -
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. - Orville Wright 3 Share Now -
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. - Orville Wright 4 Share Now -
