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Wilbur Wright set the tone in 1909 when he said, “Like all novices we began with the helicopter [in childhood] but soon saw that it had no future and dropped it. The helicopter does with great labor only what the balloon does without labor,
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“I see you're looking at my cuff buttons."
I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now.”
― The Great Gatsby
I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now.”
― The Great Gatsby
“I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“and a Finnish woman, who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“In the years following WWII, American helicopter pioneers like Sikorsky, Frank Piasecki, Larry Bell, Stanley Hiller, Charlie Kaman and others continued their research and development, making progress in improving performance and reliability.”
― MASH Angels: Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean War
― MASH Angels: Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean War
“They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
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