Human Flight Quotes

“Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but good into the world; that it shall abridge distance, make all parts of the globe accessible, bring men into closer relation with each other, advance civilization, and hasten the promised era in which there shall be nothing but peace and goodwill among all men.”
― Octave Chanute

“I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization. (1804)”
― George Cayley