The Wright Formula (L=kSV²CL)
Do you suppose the brothers laughed and
Enjoyed the formula's emergence as much as when their
Father brought home, in 1878, the toy with the rubber band?
You know, the one with the propeller? Were
Imaginations wound so tight, they released to winds near
Nags Head, many a kite to work out the details.
Go fly one. Bet they heard that a lot. Pier
Gliding businesses were not even dreamed when rails
Ran the country's expansion. And yet over and over
Ascended the brothers, with many a crash to prove
Victory is about persistence. For the plover?
Is that what others thought. While they strove
To discover how wings' angles change. Suddenly I'm lifted by
Your solar bulb that made my dreamed lightship drift by.
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