Bibliograph

Orville and Wilbur Wright, pioneers of the age of flight, Diane Dakers

Type

Label

Orville and Wilbur Wright, pioneers of the age of flight, Diane Dakers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Orville and Wilbur Wright

Oclc number

953636138

Responsibility statement

Diane Dakers

Series statement

Crabtree groundbreaker biographies

Sub title

pioneers of the age of flight

Summary

"Perhaps no two people in history exemplify the spirit of invention better than brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright. Born in the Midwest in the late 1800s, Orville was exceptionally good at creating mechanical devices, and Wilbur had a genius for ideas. The turn of the 20th century came during an age of invention and technological development. Inspired by a fierce worldwide competition to be the first to invent a machine that could fly and be controlled by a pilot, the Wright brothers tested and refined several prototypes. At last, on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, they achieved their pioneering flight. The brothers went on to develop machines and controls that made possible powered, fixed-wing flights and laid the foundation for pilot-controlled aviation as we know it today. They also founded the Wright Company, which built airplanes for the rising new industry of commercial aviation. Had Wilbur not died at the early age of 45, who knows what else the innovative pair might have accomplished."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Eyes on the skies -- Bonded brothers -- The "flying problem" -- Flying high on fame and fortune -- The ups and downs of living Wright -- Flying solo

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