"Flying Machines Which Do Not Fly", New York Times. , October 9, 1903
[It] might be assumed that the flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years... No doubt the problem has attractions for those it interests, but to the ordinary man it would seem as if effort might be employed more profitably.
https://delanceyplace.com/view-archives.php?p=301 has a more complete version.
Ironically on the day this was published, the Wright Brothers were starting to unpack and assemble the plane they brought from Dayton, Ohio to Kitty Hawk, NC.
That should be posted on ALL threads 🧵🧵🧵
from The New York Times