The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.

"If birds can glide for long periods of time, then… why can’t I ?”

The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.

"If birds can glide for long periods of time, then… why can’t I ?”

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center.

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.