First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
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Book Details
Author(s)T. A. Heppenheimer
PublisherWiley
ISBN / ASIN0471401242
ISBN-139780471401247
Sales Rank639,328
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Publishing in its centennial year, this title looks at what Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina when they made the first successful flight of an engine-powered plane and how they accomplished it. Aviation writer T.A. Heppenheimer puts their achievement in context of the other early attempts at building a viable airplane.







