"We could not but feel that the time was at hand for man to make a practical flight."

"We have been making daily flights, and the machine is working perfectly."

"If we worked on the assumption that what is currently regarded as impossible is really impossible, we should never have made any progress."

"Success comes from being prepared for opportunities."

"The fact that the machine was controlled in all directions was a feature which had never been approached in any earlier flight of which we have any knowledge."