First flight : the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane

First flight : the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane / T.A. Heppenheimer.

Author/creator	Heppenheimer, T. A., 1947-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2003.
Description	394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. Aeronautics--History. Aeronautics--Biography. Airplanes--Design and construction --History. Aeronautical engineers--United States --Biography.

Contents	Enter the Wrights -- Prophets with some honor -- Teachers and first lessons -- Hitting a wall -- "We now hold all the records!" -- Ambiguous success -- Return to Dayton -- Into the world -- Noon into twilight -- Inventiveness and invention.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index.
LCCN	2003268729
ISBN	0471401242 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Stacks	TL540.W7 H47 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold