First to fly : the unlikely triumph of Wilbur and Orville Wright /

The story of how the brilliant and determined Wilbur Wright and his brother Orville beat often unscrupulous rivals to become the first to fly. James Tobin recounts a time when flight seemed crazy and tantalizing and describes the Wrights' twisting path of trial, error and breakthrough.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tobin, James, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : John Murray, 2003.
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Online Access:Table of contents

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505 0 |a Prologue : Decoration Day, 1899 -- "The edge of wonder" -- "A slight possibility" -- "Some practical experiments" -- "Truth and error intimately mixed" -- "The possibility of exactness" -- "A thousand glides" -- "Our turn to throw" -- "What hath God wrought?" -- "The clean air of the heavens" -- "A flying machine at anchor" -- "A world of trouble" -- "The light on glory's plume" -- "The greatest courage and achievements." 
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