At that time Wilbur was eleven and Orville seven years old. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Orville Wright made a flight with a passenger on board, and a little later Wilbur flew eight miles, at a rate of forty-five miles an hour. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Anything, indeed, less like Lord Orville cannot be imagined. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The wind tended to carry the aeroplane to the east, but Orville Wright was able to hold it on a fairly even course, and to reach the balloon at Shuter’s Hill that marked the turning point. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
But the problem of balancing was not yet solved, and here Wilbur and Orville Wright entered upon the scene. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Orville Wright adjusted the spark, and took his seat. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
In spite of the fact that the wind conditions were not exactly as he wished Orville Wright decided to make the flight for speed on that day. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
President Taft crossed the field and shook Orville Wright’s hand. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Mr. Augustus Post, secretary of the Aero Club of America, has graphically described in _The World’s Work_ for October, 1909, his impression of Orville Wright’s flying in 1908. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.