Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur):

It is not necessary to be a horse to be a good jockey.

— Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) Modern

First powered flight

Wilbur Wright, in a letter to Octave Chanute, referring to their lack of formal engineering education

1900

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