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Wright Brothers flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on
December 17th 1903 being the first flight for mankind.
Los hermanos Wright vol el primer avin en
Kitty Hawk, Carolina del Norte el 17 de diciembre de 1903.
Books, Videos, DVD Movies, Models about the Wright
Brothers first airplane. Orville Wright lived from 1871 - 1948
and his brother Wilbur Wright lived from 1867 - 1912.
They were the worlds first successful airplane engineers
and made the first flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on December, 17th,
1903. Even though there were a small number of airplanes which made
powered flights before the Wright Brothers, none of them were controllable.
Therefore the Wright Brothers received the credit for the first controllable
powered, heavier than air flight. There was another reason that they
received credit that was not very well known. they received credit because
they had organized documentation in which, where anyone that was handy
with tools, the airplane could be reconstructed and flown. You can
read more about the Wright brothers by looking at the books below. These
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the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel. They are the guys who invented the first
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discovered the first airplane.
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0006292 Kitty Hawk
and Beyond
The Wright Brothers and the Early
Years of Aviation, a Photographic History. Geibert & Nolan.
This is the story of the Wright brothers told through their
photos. Learn how they went from operating a bicycle store
in Ohio, to ushering in the Age of Flight; why Kitty Hawk
was chosen as the site; and how Orville made the discovery
leading to powered flight. Also documents the post-1903
events that contribute to the Wright Brothers legend. 160
pgs., 100+ B&W photos, 10"x 8", sfbd.
0006292
The Wright Brothers and Their
Predecessors. Anderson, Jr. This concise and engaging
account of the technical developments that pre-dated the
Wright brothers' successful first flight show not only the
Wrights' legendary accomplishments, it also reviews the
research leading up to their success and explains the body
of aerodynamics knowledge and flying machine technology they
inherited, both useful and dead end. 192 pgs., 9 B&W photos,
13 line drawings, 5"x 8", sfbd.
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0005658 First to Fly
North Carolina and the Beginnings
of Aviation. Parramore. Beginning well before the Wright
brothers' first powered flight, North Carolinians labored at
the cutting edge of aviation technology from the late 1800s
through WWI. Working with archival sources, patent records,
and personal accounts, the author recounts this early
history of aviation. It's a remarkable story, filled with
dreamers, inventors and pioneering pilots. 372 pgs., 120 B&W
photos and illustrations, 6"x 8", sfbd.
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0010502 Dawn Over
Kitty Hawk
The Novel of the Wright Brothers
Boyne. Based on history and filled with the actual players,
this is a fictional account of the race to powered flight.
Some including Augustus Herring, Samuel Langley, and
Alexander Graham Bell spent entire lives and fortunes
chasing the dream, yet the Wrights were the first to
succeed. Here you'll meet them as quirky individuals,
passionate about the potential of flight. 400 pages, 6"x
9", hardcover.
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0005949 Into the Air
The Story of the Wright Brothers'
First Flight. Burleigh. Thanks to numerous failed flight
attempts in the early twentieth century, people thought the
idea of human flight ludicrous. Still, the Wright brothers
pursued their dreams. They braved heavy winds and rain,
sandstorms, and tough crashes - all in an effort to build
the first successful flying machine. This engaging graphic
novel re-creates a gripping tale of trial, error and
triumph. 48 pgs., color illustrations throughout, 6"x 9",
hdbd.
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0010057 Race to the Sky
The Wright Brothers Versus the United States
Government. Goddard. Few know that the Wright brothers engaged in a David
and Goliath struggle with the government to achieve powered flight. Here,
learn the story and see the raw ambition, high ideals, greed, and cloak and
dagger tactics of each side. By 1903, years of efforts escalated when the
battle - and the fame and fortune that would follow - was decided and the
Wright brothers emerged victorious. 232 pgs., B&W photos, 7"x 10", hdbd.
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0005760 Aviation
Reaching for the Sky.
Berliner. This thorough yet accessible history of early
aviation and its luminaries includes the Montgolfier
brothers and their hot-air balloon, Henri Giffard and the
dirigible, Otto Lilienthal and the glider, Samuel Langley
and the Aerodrome, the Wright brothers and the airplane,
Curtiss and the seaplane, and Sikorsky and the helicopter.
Additionally, the timeline of aviation history, glossary and
numerous photos and illustrations combine to create an
engaging, informative book. Ages 10 and up. 144 pgs., 80+
B&W photos and drawings, 7"x 9", hdbd.
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0005927 Contact!
The Story of the Early Aviators.
Villard. Thanks to extensive research and lively
characterizations, the many inventors, pilots and other
personalities involved in the history of aviation spring to
life in this celebration of flight. Aviators from around the
world are featured including the Wright brothers, Alberto
Santos-Dumont, Glenn Curtiss and others. Historic
photographs enhance the tales of these visionaries and their
determined pursuit of flight. 304 pgs., 84 B&W photos, 8"x
11", softbound.
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0005649 Skylark
The Life, Lies, and Inventions of Harry Atwood.
Mansfield. Recounts the bizarre life of a daredevil pioneer pilot, trained
in the Wright Brothers' school, who became a visionary inventor,
entrepreneur, spellbinding salesman, showman, engineer, manipulator, liar
and deadbeat. In short, it is an honest look at an eccentric genius who was
a little-known but key player in the development of modern aircraft. 324
pgs., 6"x 9", hdbd.
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0018142 Canton's
Pioneers in Flight
Kenney. This book examines the rich
aviation history of Canton, Ohio, and its earliest pioneers
of flight, including Frank S. Lahm, who founded the Aero
Club of Ohio; his son, Frank P. Lahm, who worked with the
Wright brothers on some of their earliest test flights;
William Martin, who invented the first single-wing airplane
in the world; Almina Martin, the world's first female pilot;
and others. 160 pages, 60 B&W photographs, 6"x 9",
softcover.
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0020806 Birdmen,
Batmen, and Skyflyers
Michael Abrams. The Wright Brothers
were wimps. Or so you might think after reading this account
of their unsung but even more daring rivals: the men and
women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky.
If only for a few seconds. This thrilling, hilarious, and
often touching chronicle of obsessive inventors and
eccentric daredevils traces the story of winged flight from
its doomed early pioneers to their glorious high-tech
descendants, who've at last conquered gravity. 320 pages,
6"x 9", hardcover.
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0006390 Pioneer Aviators of the World
A Biographical Dictionary of the First Pilots of 100
Countries
MaThews. Some of aviation's earliest pioneers remain obscured behind the
achievements of the Wright Brothers. Yet they also have remarkable stories,
such the pilot of the first flight in Australia who never flew again or the
events surrounding the first flight in Spain that led to religious riots.
Meet the pilots here through their biographies and flight statistics. 216
page, 111 photographs, 7"x 10", hardcover.
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0005416 Birdflight as
the Basis of Aviation
Otto Lilienthal. This is the work of
the creative genius who inspired the Wright Brothers to
investigate the problem of human flight. Lilienthal's
observation, analysis, ingenuity and daring enabled him to
build a series of gliders in which, from 1891 to 1896, he
made over 2,000 glides - bridging the gap between those who
dreamed of flying and those who flew. This is an unabridged
facsimile of the original edition first published in 1889.
175 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
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0003116 Conquer the
Sky
Great Moments in Aviation.
Rabinowitz. From the myth of Icarus to the seminal flight of
the Wright Brothers, and from the first flying aces to the
development of the stealth bomber, this gripping volume -
produced in conjunction with the renowned Bettmann Archive -
traces our technological advances and the stories of the men
and women who made the miracle of flight possible. 208 pgs.,
400 color and B&W photos, 8"x 11", hardbound.
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0006306 A Century of
Triumph
The History of Aviation. Chant. For
one hundred years, man has been obsessed by flight. From the
Wright Brothers' experiment in 1903 to the Stealth Bomber,
we have perserved in our effort to fly. Aviation's first
full-century is an astonishing story of innovation, heroic
pilots and achievements. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds
of detailed drawings and cutaways by renowned aviation
illustrator John Batchelor. 400 pgs., 250 line-drawings and
100 B&W photos, 10"x 10", hardbound.
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0001575 The
Wright Brothers
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Kelly.
Softbound Book
Originally published in 1943, this
classic biography of the Wrights is the definitive account of their lives
as well as the wonders, accomplishments, and even controversies that
surrounded their gliding and powered flights. Fascinating reading.
Illustrated, 368 pgs., 5½"x 8½", softbound.
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0039552 The Wright Brothers
The
Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World.
Mackersey. This intriguing new biography of the eccentric brothers, whose
genius unlocked the secrets of mechanical flight to realize one of man's
oldest dreams, "…turns their heady science into a gripping intellectual
thriller and recounts a family saga on a par with The Magnificent Ambersons."
- The Guardian. 560 pages, 45 B&W photographs, 5"x 8", softcover.
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Wilbur and Orville : A Biography
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A Biography of the Wright Brothers
by Fred Howard
This highly regarded volume, considered
by many to be the definitive study of the Wrights, tells the full
story of the brothers' lives and works: from their early childhood
and initial fascination with flight, through the years of experimentation
with gliders, to their perfection of the design for the initial flyer.
The book also relates in detail the bitter patent fight and exhausting
legal battles that followed, Wilbur's untimely death, and Orville's
later years. 543 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
The author, Fred Howard, is an expert
on both early aviation technology and the lives and work of the Wright
brothers. As a member of the team that edited the Wright Papers in
the Library of Congress, he is uniquely equipped to bring the brothers
and their discoveries to life.
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0020801 The Flyers
In Search of Wilbur & Orville Wright
Adams. See the Wright Brothers as never before in this book by NPR's Noah
Adams. Join him in tracing the Wrights' footsteps at Kitty Hawk and in
France, and visit a pilot who is building the world's most-accurate replica
of the 1903 Wright Flyer. Through his own investigations as well as through
original reports, letters, diaries, and other primary source material, the
author uncovers the talent and intensity of the brothers and their family.
224 pages, 16 B&W photographs, 5"x 8", hardcover.
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0087037 The Aeronautical Annual Set 1895, 1986,
1987
3 Softbound Book Set
Means, ed. These are precise reprints of the
Aeronautical Annuals of 1895, 1896, and 1897, which are among the most
important pre-aviation books ever published. Used by the Wrights to research
human flight, these books present plans, dreams, and schemes written by
great aviation visionaries such as Leonardo da Vinci, Ben Franklin, Samuel
P. Langley, Sir Hiram Maxim, Augustus Herring, Octave Chanute, and Otto
Lilienthal. Each softbound volume contains B&W photos, illustrations and
tables, and measures 5"x 8".
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Wright Brothers Books no longer in print.
Pioneer
Aircraft
Early Aviation to 1914 Jarrett, ed. From the earliest experiments with
lighter-than-air craft to the use of kites and models for
development and testing, this book explores the quest to
understand aerodynamics from the dawn of flight to the
beginning of World War I. Includes the Wright brothers,
Bleriot, Farman, Voisin and others to explain why human
flight took so long to achieve and how it was truly a
collaborative effort. 256 pages, 210 B&W photographs and
drawings, 7"x 10", hardcover.
The Airplane
A History of Its Technology. Anderson. Contrary to
popular belief, the Wright brothers did not invent the airplane. Rather,
they invented the first successful airplane based on hundreds of years of
research that enhanced their own designs. Written for both the casual reader
and the technically minded, this detailed history explains the research the
Wrights inherited and how it's evolved into today's aircraft. 369 pgs., 115
B&W photos, 143 line drawings and tables, 8"x 11", hdbd.
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Miracle at
Kitty Hawk
The Letters of Orville & Wilbur
Wright Kelly, ed. With little formal education and even fewer
business skills, Wilbur and Orville Wright solved the
scientific mystery that defeated countless others. This
collection of 600 letters between the two brothers traces
the genesis of their flying machine, from their initial
frustration to their bursts of discovery and the thrill of
success. Witness the resourcefulness, good humor and sheer
pluck of America's most famous brothers. 512 pages, 5"x
8", softcover.
The Unwelcome Assistant
Edward C. Huffaker and the Birth of Aviation.
Hensley & Hensley. Best known for assisting the Wright brothers in Kitty
Hawk in 1901, Huffaker was a skilled mathematician and teacher whose studies
of Bernoulli's principle led to theories of aerodynamic lift years before
anyone else made the connection. Based on his letters and personal
recollections, this is the untold story of an aviation pioneer. 208 pgs.,
B&W photos, 6"x 9", hdbd.
The Published Writings of Wilbur and
Orville Wright
Click Here, for the first time, are nearly seventy of
Wilbur and Orville Wright's published writings brought together into a
single, annotated reference. Composed with clarity, these published pieces
offer a wealth of detail and insight on over four decades of work - from the
design and testing of the Kitty Hawk to the brothers' commentary on the
future of commercial aviation, sport flying, air safety, and military
aviation. 368 pgs., 59 B&W photos, 6"x 9"
The Wright Brothers
Kelly. Originally published in 1943, this classic
biography of the Wrights is the definitive account of their lives as well as
the wonders, accomplishments, and even controversies that surrounded their
gliding and powered flights. Fascinating reading. Illustrated, 368 pgs.,
5"x 8", sfbd.
Wilbur Wright's Flights in France Leon Bollee's Photographic Record, 1908-1909.
Kandebo & Dewey, ed. This beautiful collection re-creates a photo album
presented to Orville Wright in 1920 by the widow of French industrialist
Leon Bollee, which contained photos taken during Wilbur Wright's visit to
France in 1908-1909. With 127 rare duotone images of the Wright Brothers and
their aircraft, it's a glorious reproduction from aviation's infancy. 88
pgs., 13"x 11", hdbd. From
the Webmaster: When we think of the Wright Brothers, we commonly limit
our thoughts to their first flight and Kitty Hawk, but their first flight
wasn't the end of their legacy, it was only the beginning. This book
takes you beyond their first flight and into their future. C. Jeff
Dyrek
The Wright Way
7 Problem-Solving Principles from the Wright
Brothers That Can Make Your Business Soar. Eppler. In ushering in the age of
flight, the Wright brothers overcame obstacles other scientists hadn't even
begun to tackle. This book defines essential problem-solving principles they
used to accomplish this feat, and shows you how to apply them to common
business problems. A combination of management guidance and historical
adventure, you'll learn to make your business soar when others can't even
get off the ground. 224 pgs., 6"x 9", hdbd.
From the Webmaster: This is a very
interesting look at the Wright Brothers. Not a history of the Wright
Brothers, but a look at the ideology of the Wright Brothers business and
problem solving methods and how you can apply this to make your own life and
business grow. The author undoubtedly was very innovative himself. C.
Jeff Dyrek
The Wright Brothers Legacy
Orville and Wilbur Wright and Their Aeroplanes. Burton & Findsen. Composed of photographs of the Wright brothers and their
aircraft, vintage postcards, posters, stereopticon images and toys, the
never-before-published images in this book are drawn from the most extensive
private Wright Brothers collection, which includes photos by the Wright's
personal photographer, William Preston Mayfield. 240 pages, 240 color
illustrations, 10"x 11", hardcover.
The Wright Brothers and the Birth of
Aviation
Garber. A wonderful story about the power of
individuals and the scientific method, this is a comprehensive, step-by-step
account of the engineering methods used by the Wright brothers to solve the
problems of flight. Fully illustrated with 250 B&W photographs, figures and
drawings and filled with hundreds of quotations from historical documents,
it is truly an engineer's perspective on the technological savvy of the
famed brothers. 272 pages, 250 B&W photographs, 7"x 9", hardcover.
Wings Like Eagles A History of Soaring and the SSA. Schweizer. Newly
reprinted, here is the story of soaring - starting with the Wright brothers'
first soaring flight in the world and on through modern soaring. "Like a
powerful and seemingly endless thermal on a clear summer day, this 'flight'
is hard to put down," AOPA Pilot. Also includes the history of the first 50
years of soaring and the Soaring Society of America (1932-1982). 380 pgs.,
195+ B&W photos, 8"x 10", sfbd.
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First in Flight a book by Kirk. The Wright Brothers in North Carolina.
When Wilbur and Orville Wright arrived on North Carolina's Outer Banks in 1900,
they were unknown bicycle mechanics who dreamed of powered flight. Even after
they achieved the first heavier-thank-air, powered flight in 1903, they remained
obscure. But by Orville's last flights in North Carolina in 1911, they were two
of the most famous men in the world. This book explores the undeniable influence
that the landscape and people of the Outer Banks had on the Wright brothers'
quest for flight and the subsequent lasting effect that their success had on the
once-desolate region. Through lively and often humorous text, you'll partake in
the Wright's North Carolina experience and the birth of powered flight. 346
pgs., 64 B&W photos, 5"x 8", sfbd.
