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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 the fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks... "
Proceedings of the Second National Conference Held in Seattle, Washington ... - Page 256
1962 - 282 pages
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Flying: The Record of Aerial Navigation

1901 - 296 pages
...former on the whole turns out the larger proportion of good riders. It is very much the same thing in learning to ride a flying machine. If you are looking...perfect safety you will do well to sit on a fence anii watch the birds, but if you really wish to learn you must mount a machine and become acquainted...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1903 - 902 pages
...the safest, but the formel', on the whole, turns out the larger proportion of good riders. It is very much the same, in learning to ride a flying machine;...well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if 3rou really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1903 - 1122 pages
...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 flying machine; if you are looking for perfect safet}r, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you...
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Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalities

John Lord - 1924 - 1012 pages
...the safer, 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 flying machine....are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to si^pn a fence and watch the birds, but if you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1903 - 892 pages
...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 flying machine;...well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if 3'ou really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual...
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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...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 actual trial. WILBUR WRIGHT,...
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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...birds. But if you really wish to learn, you must mount the machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial. ' At that moment, a flock of seagulls...
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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 trial. ' At that moment, a flock of seagulls...
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Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the Space Age

Tom D. Crouch - 2003 - 746 pages
...flight offered a direct approach to aeronautical problem solving, but it was also the most dangerous. "If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on the fence and watch the birds," Wilbur Wright explained. "But if you really wish to learn, you must...
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