“Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees are so much wasted money. The flying machine of the future will not be born fully fledged and capable of a flight for 1,000 miles or so. Like everything else it must be evolved gradually. The first difficulty is to get a thing that will fly at all. When this is made, a full description should be published as an aid to others. Excellence of design and workmanship will always defy competition.”
Quote by Lawrence Hargrave
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Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an Australian engineer and inventor known for his significant contributions to the development of the box kite and the four-bar linkage, which are crucial in the history of aeronautics. Hargrave's research and innovations in kite design and mechanical engineering laid the groundwork for the development of fixed-wing aircraft. more