"In ancient days two aviators procured to themselves wings. Daedalus
flew safely through the middle air and was duly honoured on his landing.
Icarus soared upwards to the sun till the wax melted which bound his
wings and his flight ended in fiasco....The classical authorities tell us, of course, that he was only `doing a stunt'; but I prefer to think of him as the man who brought to light a serious constructional defect in the flying-machines of his day, we may at least hope to learn from his journey some hints to build a better machine."
extracted from;
Stars and Atoms
by Sir Arthur Eddington
Oxford Univ. Press |
