Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) — "No airship will ever fly from New York to Paris. That seems to me to be impossib…"

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.
Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) — Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) Modern · First powered flight

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Wilbur Wright, Speech accepting the Gold Medal from the Aéro Club de France in Paris

Date: 1908

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