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Understanding 9/11340 pages : 22 cm
"The aim in this book has been to satisfy the curiosity of the average, non-technical reader regarding the work of the Wright Brothers, and to do so as simply as possible"--
"A biography authorized by Orville Wright."
Boyhood -- Background -- Printing and bicycles -- First thoughts of flight -- Gliding at Kitty Hawk -- First power flight -- After the event -- Experiments of 1904-'05 -- It still wasn't "news" -- U.S. Army not interested -- Europe discovers the Wrights -- The Wrights in Europe -- A deal with the U.S. -- End of disbelief -- When Wilbur Wright won France -- Further adventures in 1909 -- In aviation business -- Patent suits -- Why the Wright plane was exiled
"The aim in this book has been to satisfy the curiosity of the average, non-technical reader regarding the work of the Wright Brothers, and to do so as simply as possible"--
"A biography authorized by Orville Wright."
Boyhood -- Background -- Printing and bicycles -- First thoughts of flight -- Gliding at Kitty Hawk -- First power flight -- After the event -- Experiments of 1904-'05 -- It still wasn't "news" -- U.S. Army not interested -- Europe discovers the Wrights -- The Wrights in Europe -- A deal with the U.S. -- End of disbelief -- When Wilbur Wright won France -- Further adventures in 1909 -- In aviation business -- Patent suits -- Why the Wright plane was exiled
Notes
Copyright not renewed as per Stanford database.
Damaged pages.
Tight margins.
Irregular pagination.
- External-identifier
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urn:oclc:record:1158487161
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