Wright Brothers and Aviation, Steve Parker, Science Discoveries,
This fact-filled book captures the life and times of Orville and Wilbur Wright, two inventive brothers whose interest in aviation prompted them to build the world's first power-driven airplane.
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers (1995)
Language: English
ASIN: B000OWM4RQ
The Famous Wright Brothers made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on 17 December 1903. Most people think the Wrights invented and flew the first plane but there were people flying experimental planes before them. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed wing flight possible.
This is their incredible story.
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers (1995)
Language: English
ASIN: B000OWM4RQ
The Famous Wright Brothers made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on 17 December 1903. Most people think the Wrights invented and flew the first plane but there were people flying experimental planes before them. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed wing flight possible.
This is their incredible story.
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