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" It is very much the same in learning to ride a flying machine; if you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks... "
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution - Page 129
by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1903
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National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space: Proceedings: Of ..., Volume 8

1962 - 296 pages
...figure out the best ways of overcoming his jumps and kicks. The latter is the safest; but the former, on the whole, turns out the larger proportion of good riders. It is much the same in learning to ride a flying machine: if you are looking for perfect safety, you will...
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Proceedings of the Second National Conference Held in Seattle, Washington ...

1962 - 304 pages
...figure out the best ways of overcoming his jumps and kicks. The latter is the safest; but the former, on the whole, turns out the larger proportion of good riders. It is much the same in learning to ride a flying machine: if you are looking for perfect safety, you will...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1903 - 900 pages
...out the best way of overcoming his jumps and kicks. The latter system is the safest, but the former, on the whole, turns out the larger proportion of good...riders. It is very much the same in learning to ride a Hying machine; if you are looking for perfect safe t\r, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch...
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Flights of Discovery: 50 Years at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

Lane E. Wallace - 1996 - 230 pages
...concepts and designs in flyable aircraft was understood even by Wilbur Wright, who in l90l argued that "if you are looking for perfect safety you will do...well to sit on a fence and watch the birds, but if you really wish to learn you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial."7...
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Becoming Lean: Inside Stories of U.S. Manufacturers

Jeffrey K. Liker - 1997 - 570 pages
...in graphic design in Tokyo. Conclusion: What We Have Learned about Becoming Lean by Jeffrey K. Lifer If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do...well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn to fly, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its trices by...
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The Wind and Beyond: The ascent of the airplane

2003 - 776 pages
...out the best way of overcoming his jumps and kicks. The latter system is the safest; but the former, on the whole, turns out the larger proportion of good...well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual...
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The Wright Sister: Katherine Wright and Her Famous Brothers

Richard Maurer - 2003 - 136 pages
...out the best way of overcoming his jumps and kicks. The latter system is the safest, but the former, on the whole, turns out the larger proportion of good...much the same in learning to ride a flying machine." Riding a flying machine, Wilbur explained, was far from simple. Most experimenters assumed that left...
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Orville, Wilbur & Me: Magic at Kitty Hawk

Phyllis R. Moses - 2003 - 114 pages
...you'd like to say, Mr. Morgan?" Josh recalled, "Yes, I remember once at a meeting, Mr. Wilbur said," 'If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do...well to sit on a fence and watch the birds. But if you really wish to learn, you must mount the machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual...
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Orville, Wilbur & Me: Magic at Kitty Hawk

Phyllis R. Moses - 2003 - 112 pages
..."Yes, I remember once at a meeting, Mr. Wilbur said," 'If you are looking for perfect safety, you mil do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds. But if you really wish to learn, you must mount the machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual...
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Aviation and the Role of Government

Harry W. Lawrence - 2004 - 422 pages
...those who placed his love of flying and his capacity to endure ahead of his own safety and comfort. "If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do...well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual...
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