The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright
$69.54
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
17 June 2004
Summary
A rare glimpse into the Wright brothers’ genius, replete with human weakness, failure, and majestic triumphs Wilbur and Orville Wright not only were the first to build and fly a powered airplane, but they also invented aeronautical engineering and became among the most eloquent and influential of aviation’s early pioneers. The brothers wrote dozens of articles about their work and aviation in general, which offer a wealth of detail and unique insight into the birth of flight.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588341426 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588341429 |
| Author: | Peter L. Jakab, Rick Young |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 17 June 2004 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 151mm x 227mm |
| Series: | Smithsonian History of Aviation |
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Critics Review
“Nearly 70 technical and popular articles, speeches, interviews, letters, and other writing by the brothers span from their experiments with gliders at the beginning of the twentieth century to Orville’s death in 1948. They describe the design of their aircraft, early test flights, camp life at Kitty Hawk, airplane stability, the future of commercial aviation and air travel, sport flying, air safety, military aviation, and other topics. Wilbur’s sudden death in 1912 prevented them from writing a joint book, so this collection is the fullest to date of their combined work. Jakab, a curator of early aviation at the National Air and Space Museum, and Young, with the Wright Experience organization creating reproductions of the Wrights’ aircraft, annotate the material thoroughly.” Book News, Inc”
Peter L. Jakab
Peter L. Jakab is curator of early aviation at the National Air and Space Museum and the author of Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990). He lives in Virginia.
Rick Young is co-founder of the Wright Experience, an organization that researches, designs, constructs, and tests reproductions of the Wright brothers’ aircraft. He also lives in Virginia.
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