The plane is simply abstracting the power stored in the wave by a distant gale, and using it to counteract gravity. And if the work be continued long enough, or a multitude of planes be continually drawing on the reservoir of power, the wave must inevitably be flattened.
-- Lawrence Hargrave
   
Lawrence Hargrave   Name:
Lawrence Hargrave
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
Australian
Birth:
January 29, 1850
Death:
July 14, 1915
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