Jackman, W.J., Thomas H. Russell, and Octave Chanute
. Flying Machines: Construction and Operation
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We will now assume that you have become proficient enough to warrant an attempt at the construction of a real flying machine -- one that will not only remain suspended in the air at the will of the operator, but make respectable progress in whatever direction he may desire
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to go. The glider, it must be remembered, is not steerable, except to a limited extent, and moves only in one direction -- against the wind. Besides this its power of flotation -- suspension in the air -- is circumscribed.