I confess that, in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that men would not fly for 50 years. Two years later, we were making flights. This demonstration of my inability as a prophet gave me such a shock that I have ever since refrained from all prediction.
First powered flight
Wilbur Wright, Speech accepting the Gold Medal from the Aéro Club de France in Paris
1908
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Strange & Unusual"I never had any particular love for the airplane. What I love is to fly."
Shocking"Our confidence in the ability of men to fly has not been shaken."
Shocking"The difficulties of the problem are so great that few have dared to attack it."
Controversial"The aeroplane is not an invention, but a discovery."
Controversial