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Suddenly, Santos-Dumont points the end of the machine skyward, and the wheels visibly, unambiguously, leave the soil: the aeroplane flies. The whole crowd is stirred. Santos-Dumont seems to fly like some immense bird in a fairy tale.
Le Figaro newspaper
Reporting on the first powered flight in public, 24 October 1906.
I have known today a magnificent intoxication. I have learnt how it feels to be a bird. I have flown. Yes I have flown. I am still astonished at it, still deeply moved.
Le Figaro newspaper
1908. Quoted in several places, including the 1912 book The Romance of Aeronautics: An Interesting Account of the Growth & Achievements of all Kinds of Aerial Craft.
I’ve seen him! I’ve seen him! Yes, I have today seen Wilbur Wright and his great white bird, the beautiful mechanical bird. There is no doubt! Wilbur and Orville Wright have well and truly flown.
Le Figaro
11 August 1908.
Without doubt, Concorde died yesterday at the age of 31. All that will remain is the myth of a beautiful white bird.
Le Figaro newspaper editorial
The day after AF 4590 crashed at takeoff from Charles de Gaulle aerodrome, 26 July 2000.
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