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The Wright Brothers legacy : Orville and Wilbur Wright and their aeroplanes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burton, Walt
Corporate Author: Dayton Art Institute
Other Authors: Findsen, Owen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
Subjects:
Wright, Wilbur, > 1867-1912.
Wright, Orville, > 1871-1948.
Aeronautics > United States > Biography.
Wright Flyer (Airplane)
Table of Contents:
  • The desire to fly
  • Lifting the world with a kite
  • Kitty Hawk, 1903 : first flight
  • Learning to fly : Huffman Prairie
  • Fort Meyer : selling the military flyer
  • Postcards from Europe
  • Homecoming
  • Return to Fort Meyer
  • Records and wrecks
  • Wilbur : a look back
  • Kitty Hawk and other monuments
  • Orville : a life in review
  • The Kitty Hawk flyer in exile
  • The Wright Brothers' social impact.