First flight : the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane
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First flight : the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane
Wiley, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Publishing in its centennial year, this title looks at what Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina when they made the first successful flight of an engine-powered plane and how they accomplished it. Aviation writer T.A. Heppenheimer puts their achievement in context of the other early attempts at building a viable airplane.
Table of Contents
ONE: ENTER THE WRIGHTS. TWO: PROPHETS WITH SOME HONOR. THREE: TEACHERS AND FIRST LESSONS. FOUR: HITTING A WALL. FIVE: "WE NOW HOLD ALL THE RECORDS!" SIX: AMBIGUOUS SUCCESS. SEVEN: RETURN TO DAYTON. EIGHT: INTO THE WORLD. NINE: NOON INTO TWILIGHT. TEN: INVENTIVENESS AND INVENTION. NOTES. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX.
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