Wilbur Wright Quotes
I believe that simple flight at least is possible to man and that the experiments and investigations of a large number of independent workers will result in the accumulation of information, knowledge, and skill which will finally lead to accomplished flight.
Four years later he flew, but he became pessimistic along the way. See {613169}.
Wilbur Wright, 1867-1912, Co-inventor of the airplane, Letter to the Smithsonian Institution, May 30, 1899
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Two years later he flew. That is how fast and dramatic the Wright Brothers work had gone. Once they got on the right track, everything began to fall into place. Two years earlier he had been optimistic. See {613170}.
Mrs. Roosevelt hardly ever missed an opportunity to suggest that women could and should be in male-dominated occupations. She also reminded those who saw airplanes as technological marvels only that with technology people were more necessary than ever—and that they needed to be better educated.
- Born: April 16, 1867
- Died: May 30, 1912
- Nationality: American
- Profession: Inventor
The Wright brothers – Orville and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912) – were two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, 4 mi (6 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
