"In its campaign to discredit others in the flying art, the Smithsonian has issued scores of these false and misleading statements."

"We have been making flights of over an hour in length."

"We did not find it necessary to use any of the formulas of the scientists, but we worked out our own formulas."

"Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician—something the magician won't tell, and the bird can't tell."

"The fact that the machine has not failed in any material part is a source of great satisfaction."