"At the time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation."
--Igor Sikorsky
"I confess that in 1901, I said to my brother Orvill that man would not fly for fifty years. . . . Ever since, I have distrusted myself and avoided all predictions."
--Wilbur Wright, in a speech to the French Aero Club, 1908
Aviation Proverb:
It is said that two wrongs don't make a right,
but two wrights do make an airplane.
"Most of us [the test pilots] agreed the [Chance-Vought F7U] Cutlass could be made into a pretty good flying machine with a few modifications, like adding a conventional tail, tripling the thrust, cutting the nosewheel strut in half, completely redoing the flight control system, and getting someone else to fly it."
--John Moore, The Wrong Stuff: Flying on the Edge of Disaster
--Igor Sikorsky
"I confess that in 1901, I said to my brother Orvill that man would not fly for fifty years. . . . Ever since, I have distrusted myself and avoided all predictions."
--Wilbur Wright, in a speech to the French Aero Club, 1908
Aviation Proverb:
It is said that two wrongs don't make a right,
but two wrights do make an airplane.
"Most of us [the test pilots] agreed the [Chance-Vought F7U] Cutlass could be made into a pretty good flying machine with a few modifications, like adding a conventional tail, tripling the thrust, cutting the nosewheel strut in half, completely redoing the flight control system, and getting someone else to fly it."
--John Moore, The Wrong Stuff: Flying on the Edge of Disaster
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