Ocupation: Aviator
Life: May 21, 1878 - July 23, 1930
Birthday: May 21
Death: July 23
It is hard enough for anyone to map out a course of action and stick to it, particularly in the face of the desires of one's friends; but it is doubly hard for an aviator to stay on the ground waiting for just the right moment to go into the air.
source: Glenn H. Curtiss (1912). “The Curtiss Aviation Book”
topic: Air, Waiting, Desire, Aviator