No airship will ever fly from New York to Paris. That seems to me to be impossible. What limits the flight is the motor. No known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping, and you can't be sure of finding the proper winds for soaring.
First powered flight
Wilbur Wright, Speech accepting the Gold Medal from the Aéro Club de France in Paris
1908
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"We were not looking for a fortune, but we were looking for a solution."
Humorous"The public is very enthusiastic about our machine."
Controversial"We were not as a matter of fact in the habit of thinking of the future. We were too busy with the present."
Shocking"The course of the experiment was not exactly according to program. The machine started to make a series of dives and dashes in various directions. It was a rather wild ride."
Humorous"The fact that the machine has not failed in any material part is a source of great satisfaction."
Controversial