It was the first time in the history of the world that a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and had finally landed at a point as high as that from which it started.
First powered flight
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"We have hopes of making a flight of considerable length before long."
Controversial"If birds can glide for long periods of time, then why can't we?"
Controversial"We have been making daily flights, and the machine is working perfectly."
Controversial"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their monotonous lives, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, on the wings of the wind."
Humorous"We have at last succeeded in making a machine that will fly."
Shocking