Villages and woods, meadows and chateaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes. These faint, pi….

I never thought that my creation, would allow brothers to kill brothers. (after seeing his invention being used in war, The Airplane) Alberto Santos-….

The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath..

Now my playmates never failed to wink and smile mockingly at me when one of them called 'Man flies!' for at the word I would always lift my finger ve….

To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall..