Wright Brothers: Centennial of Flight from the Wright Brothers Kitty Hawk Flight to Modern Aviation, Airplanes, and Space NASA, USAF, FAA History and Educational Material (CD-ROM)

This comprehensive CD-ROM provides the complete story of the "Centennial of Flight" marking one hundred years since the Wright Brothers made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903. We've gathered together an enormous collection of historical and educational material from NASA, the Air Force, and the Federal Aviation Administration that provides a superb review of the history of aviation and the milestones achieved during "the first century of flight." Some of the titles included in the collection:

CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT - WRIGHT BROTHERS

* Centennial of Flight Commission: Celebrations and History * Re-Living the Wright Way by NASA: The Wright Brothers' Invention Process, Glenn Research Center * U.S. Air Force Centennial of Flight Celebration * U.S. Air Force Graphics for the Centennial * NASA: Celebrating a Century of Flight * NASA Glenn Research Center: Celebrating the Centennial of Flight * Glenn Research Center Aeronautics Resource

* FAA Charting the Next Century of Flight * Wilbur and Orville Wright Learning Packet * Out of Control: Control Surfaces * NASA: How to Become an Astronaut * The First Century of Flight: NACA/NASA Contribution to Aeronautics * The Wright 1903 Engine (Glenn Research Center) * Invention of the Airplane (Glenn Research Center) * Dryden Flight Research Center: Flight Testing Newton's Laws * NASA History: Flight Research at Ames, 1940-97 * NASA Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use

In all, the disc has nearly 19,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable. Please note that this material is also published under another title as ISBN 1592482457.

Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc makes a great reference work and educational tool.