“Sometimes I watch myself fly. For in the history of human flight it is not yet so very late; and a man may still wonder once in a while and ask: how is it that I, poor earth-habitituated animal, can fly?” MenHumansMayStillsSometimesEarthAsksAnimalPoorWonderWatchesLateFlightAviationGreat Aviation Author:Wolfgang Langewiesche
“A fierce and monkish art; a castigation of the flesh. You must cut out your imagination and not fly an airplane but regulate a half-dozen instruments . . . .At first, the conflicts between animal sense and engineering brain are irresistibly strong.” FirstsArtStrongImaginationAnimalBrainHalfCuttingConflictInstrumentsFleshAviationDozenAirplaneEngineeringFierceGreat Aviation Author:Wolfgang Langewiesche
