"We have been out almost every day experimenting, and have made about 100 flights."

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

"The course of the experiment was not exactly according to program. The machine started to make a series of dives and dashes in various directions. It was a rather wild ride."

"The machine itself is but a tool, the spirit that controls it is the thing."

"The best dividends on the labor invested have invariably come from seeking more knowledge rather than more power."