How We Invented the Airplane
Author: Orville Wright
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486256626
Category: Antiques & Collectibles
Page: 87
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Language: en
Pages: 407
Pages: 407
A fascinating account of America's relationship with the airplane
Language: en
Pages: 369
Pages: 369
A history of the technical development of the aeroplane, commissioned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight. In each chronological period covered, the various aspects of the synthesis of aerodynamics, propulsion, flight dynamics, and structure is described and evaluated.
Language: en
Pages: 87
Pages: 87
Filled with rare photographs and featuring accounts written by the Wright Brothers themselves, this fascinating firsthand history covers the brothers' early experiments, their construction of planes and motors, the first test flights, life after Kitty Hawk, and much more. Introduction and commentary by Fred C. Kelly. 76 black-and-white photographs.
Language: en
Pages: 32
Pages: 32
The Wright Brothers famously made the first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. But the history of human flight goes back much further! This title details the experimentation and innovation that went into the creation of the airplane. Special features highlight important airplanes as well as pioneers who had a
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
The Airplane by aerospace industry writer Jay Spencer, former assistant curator of the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum and the Museum of Flight in Seattle, is the definitive history of how we invented and refined the amazing flying machines that enabled humankind to defy gravity. A fascinating true account
