"It is our view that morally the world owes its almost universal use of our system of lateral control entirely to us. It is also our opinion that legally it owes it to us."

"We have been very busy with the manufacture of our machines."

"If we worked on the assumption that what is currently accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance."

"We were confident that we had solved the problem of human flight."

"We have not been able to do much with the machine on account of the bad weather."