Author: Wilbur Wright
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306812033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
With little formal education and even fewer business skills, Wilbur and Orville Wright solved the scientific mystery that defeated the greatest minds of their day. This collection of six hundred letters between the two brothers traces the genesis of their flying machine, from their initial frustration to their bursts of discovery and the thrill of ultimate success. Witness the resourcefulness, good humor, and sheer pluck of America's most famous brothers.
Miracle At Kitty Hawk
Author: Wilbur Wright
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306812033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
With little formal education and even fewer business skills, Wilbur and Orville Wright solved the scientific mystery that defeated the greatest minds of their day. This collection of six hundred letters between the two brothers traces the genesis of their flying machine, from their initial frustration to their bursts of discovery and the thrill of ultimate success. Witness the resourcefulness, good humor, and sheer pluck of America's most famous brothers.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306812033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
With little formal education and even fewer business skills, Wilbur and Orville Wright solved the scientific mystery that defeated the greatest minds of their day. This collection of six hundred letters between the two brothers traces the genesis of their flying machine, from their initial frustration to their bursts of discovery and the thrill of ultimate success. Witness the resourcefulness, good humor, and sheer pluck of America's most famous brothers.
Miracle of Kitty Hawk
Miracle at Kitty Hawk. The Letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Edited by Fred C. Kelly. [With Plates, Including Portraits.].
Miracle at Kitty Hawk : the letters of Wilbur and Orville
Miracle at Kitty Hawk
Miracle At Kitty Hawk
Author: Wilbur Wright
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306806711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur (1867–1912) and Orville (1871–1948) Wright made the first controlled, sustained flights in a power-driven airplane. Relying on the facilities of a bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio, they had constructed, alone, the world's first flying machines. Miracle at Kitty Hawk , an expert selection of 600 out of 10,000 existing letters, allows the reader to follow the excitement of discovery that kept the Wright brothers working on their incredible invention. With little formal education and the slight business background of selling and repairing bicycles, they overcame the problems that defeated the great scientific minds of the day, dealt with large corporations and governments on their own terms, and were recognized by their contemporaries as geniuses. Whether confronting adverse weather conditions, ensuring secrecy, trying to convince the U.S. government that they had actually flown, fighting patent infringements, or responding to public acclaim, these letters reveal the resourcefulness, good humor, and pluck of America's most famous brothers.
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 9780306806711
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur (1867–1912) and Orville (1871–1948) Wright made the first controlled, sustained flights in a power-driven airplane. Relying on the facilities of a bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio, they had constructed, alone, the world's first flying machines. Miracle at Kitty Hawk , an expert selection of 600 out of 10,000 existing letters, allows the reader to follow the excitement of discovery that kept the Wright brothers working on their incredible invention. With little formal education and the slight business background of selling and repairing bicycles, they overcame the problems that defeated the great scientific minds of the day, dealt with large corporations and governments on their own terms, and were recognized by their contemporaries as geniuses. Whether confronting adverse weather conditions, ensuring secrecy, trying to convince the U.S. government that they had actually flown, fighting patent infringements, or responding to public acclaim, these letters reveal the resourcefulness, good humor, and pluck of America's most famous brothers.
Miracle at Kitty Hawk
Miracle at Kitty Hawk
Author: Fred Charters Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air pilots
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description