Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur):

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

— Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) Modern

First powered flight

Orville Wright, in a letter to the Smithsonian, continuing his criticism of their historical accounts.

1928

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"The desire for flight is the expression of a deep-seated human instinct."

"We kept at it, and we kept on learning."

"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."

"The machine is capable of carrying a passenger."

"The problem of flight was not one of power, but of control."

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