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Author : Tara Dixon-Engel,Mike Jackson
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1402749546
A biography of the Wright brothers, who became famous as the inventors of the airplane.
Author : Orville Wright
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780486135694
This fascinating firsthand account covers the Wright Brothers' early experiments, construction of planes and motors, first flights, and much more. Introduction and commentary by Fred C. Kelly. 76 photographs.
Author : T. A. Heppenheimer
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0471401242
An aviation expert uncovers the brilliance behind the first successful flight of an engine-powered plane 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.
Author : Samuel Willard Crompton
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 9781438104317
In December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history by embarking on the first controlled airplane flight among the dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, thus opening up an era of aviation throughout the world. This title is part of the "Milestones in American History" series.
Author : Tom D. Crouch
Publisher : National Park Service Handbook
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951D02248641V
Describes the Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio and the events that lead to the world's first successful flight of a man-carrying, power-driven, heavier-than-air machine. The Wright brothers' first flight occurred on Dec. 17, 1903 and lasted just 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Author : Russell Freedman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 0590464248
Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.
Author : Mary Kay Carson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781556524776
How they Invented the Airplane includes facts about these brothers and their invention, plus projects.
Author : John David Anderson
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0801868750
The invention of flight craft heavier than air counts among humankind's defining achievements. In this book, aviation engineer and historian John D. Anderson, Jr., offers a concise and engaging account of the technical developments that anticipated the Wright brothers' successful first flight on December 17, 1903. While the accomplishments of the Wrights have become legendary, we do well to remember that they inherited a body of aerodynamics knowledge and flying machine technology. How much did they draw upon this legacy? Did it prove useful or lead to dead ends? Leonardo da Vinci first began to grasp the concepts of lift and drag which would be essential to the invention of powered flight. He describes the many failed efforts of the so-called tower jumpers, from Benedictine monk Oliver of Malmesbury in 1022 to the eighteenth-century Marquis de Bacqueville. He tells the fascinating story of aviation pioneers such as Sir George Cayley, who in a stroke of genius first proposed the modern design of a fixed-wing craft with a fuselage and horizontal and vertical tail surfaces in 1799, and William Samuel Henson, a lace-making engineer whose ambitious aerial steam carriage was patented in 1842 but never built. Anderson describes the groundbreaking nineteenth-century laboratory experiments in fluid dynamics, the building of the world's first wind tunnel in 1870, and the key contributions of various scientists and inventors in such areas as propulsion (propellers, not flapping wings) and wing design (curved, not flat). He also explains the crucial contributions to the science of aerodynamics by the German engineer Otto Lilienthal, later praised by the Wrights as their most im Kitty Hawk as they raced to become the first in flight, Anderson shows how the brothers succeeded where others failed by taking the best of early technology and building upon it using a carefully planned, step-by-step experimental approach. (They recognized, for example, that it was necessary to become a skilled glider pilot before attempting powered flight.) With vintage photographs and informative diagrams to enhance the text, Inventing Flight will interest anyone who has ever wondered what lies behind the miracle of flight. undergraduates, that would tell the connected prehistory of the airplane from Cayley to the Wrights. In light of the recognized excellence of his technical textbooks (with their stimulating historical vignettes), I can't think of a better person than Professor Anderson for the job. He has the rare combination of technical and historical knowledge that is essential for the necessary balance. Inventing Flight will be a welcome addition to undergraduate classrooms.--Walter G. Vincenti, Stanford University
Author : Gina Hagler
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781725342361
Wilbur and Orville Wright are best known for their successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. This heavier-than-air, manned airplane changed the world. Through exciting text, captivating images, and informative sidebars, students will explore how the Wright brothers' use of aeronautical principles, trial and error, testing of components in a wind tunnel, and new approaches to the problems of flight blazed a trail for others to follow. They will discover how the brothers' ability to work together, respect one another's ideas, and support one another during times when nothing seemed to work made it possible for them to create one of the most significant inventions of modern time.
Author : Fred Howard
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780486320151
Definitive, crisply written study tells the full story of the brothers' lives and work — from their early childhood and initial fascination with flight, the historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, more.
Author : Monica Rausch
Publisher : Gareth Stevens
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 9780836875027
Describes the impact of the first flight of a fixed-wing, heavier-than-air aircraft, and recounts the life and career of its inventors, Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Author : Xavier W. Niz
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736878975
World-changing events unfold before your eyes in these amazing tales of inventions and discovery. In these graphic novel format books, see how inventors, scientists, and businesspeople have shaped our world.
Author : Anna Sproule
Publisher : Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1567113281
A biography of the brothers who made the world's first flight in a power-driven, heavier-than-air machine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
Author : Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781479597918
From a sandy North Carolina dune to mid air É Two cartoon flies join eBook readers as they follow Orville and Wilbur Wright on their quest for flight, providing a hearty blend of facts and fun while telling the story of a great moment in American and aviation history.
Author : Stephen Krensky
Publisher : Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 0689812248
Describes how the Wright brothers came to build the first powered aircraft.