The Wright brothers : the remarkable story of the aviation pioneers who changed the world
Mackersey, Ian2003
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On 17th December 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled powered flights, although they failed to arouse either governmental or public interest at the time. This biography of the Wrights draws on new sources to place them in their proper context in the history and development of aviation.
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London : Little, Brown, 2003.
Collation:
554 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 538-540) and index.
ISBN:
9780316861441 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.13629.1309
Language:
English
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BRN:
33497