First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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The story of the Wright brothers and their path to the first heavier-than-air powered flight. 394 pages. Includes dust jacket. Ex library with usual markings.
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- Title
- First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
- Author
- Heppenheimer, T. A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0471401242
- ISBN 13
- 9780471401247
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Aviation-Biography, Aviation-Pioneers/History, Aviation-Technical/Engineering/Maintenance
In the centennial year of the Wright Brothers' first successful flight, acclaimed aviation writer T. A. Heppenheimer reexamines what Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved. In First Flight, he debunks the popular assumption that the Wrights were simple mechanics who succeeded by trial and error, demonstrating instead that they were true engineering geniuses. Heppenheimer presents the background that made possible the work of the Wrights and examines the work of Samuel P. Langley, a serious rival. He places their work within a broad historical context, emphasizing their contributions after 1903 and their convergence with ongoing aeronautical work in France.
T. A. Heppenheimer (Fountain Valley, CA) has written extensively on aerospace, business, and the history of technology. His many books include Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (0-471-10961-4), Countdown: A History of Space Flight (0-471-14439-8), and A Brief History of Flight: From Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond (0-471-34637-3), all from Wiley.
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