Just a few kicks and they're off in full sail

(Science of old wasn't hard on her votary,

So little mention you find in the tale

Made of propeller or joy-stick or rotary);

Silently skimming along in the air

Spoke the paternal and prototype pioneer,

"Mind that your altitude's low, and beware

Fiery Phoebus you don't go and fly a-near!"

Cautious the counsel, but Icarus flouted it,

Flew in the face of his father and scouted it.