Wright brothers, wrong story : how Wilbur Wright solved the problem of manned flight /

"This book is the first deconstruction of the Wright Brothers' myth. They were not -- as we have all come to believe--two halves of the same apple. Each had a distinctive role in creating the first 'flying machine'."--Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.
Temas:
Wright, Orville, > 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, > 1867-1912.
Haskell, Katharine Wright, > 1874-1929.
Haskell, Katharine Wright, > 1874-1929
Wright, Orville, > 1871-1948
Wright, Wilbur, > 1867-1912
1900-1999
Aeronautics > United States > History > 20th century.
Inventors > United States > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics > United States > Biography.
Aéronautique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Inventeurs > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Aéronautique > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Aeronautics
Inventors
United States
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Wright myth
  • Preflight
  • The biographer
  • The letter 1948
  • The murderer 1884
  • Steam bugs 1896
  • Typhoid 1896
  • Inventors 1900
  • School of one 1900
  • Flight
  • The pilgrim 1900
  • The Wright sister 1900
  • Kill Devil Hills-October 18, 1900
  • The mentor 1901
  • Dangerous times 1901
  • Return to Kitty Hawk 1901
  • Wilbur unleashed 1901
  • Tunnel vision 1901
  • The Smithsonian 1902
  • The movable rudder 1902
  • United States patent office 1903
  • The Western Society of Engineers 1903
  • The great embarrassment 1903
  • Great things-September 23, 1903
  • The photograph-December 17, 1903
  • Landings
  • Flyers or liars 1906
  • Death in the sky-September 17, 1908
  • Return to Eden 1908
  • The injunction 1910
  • Warped by the desire of great wealth 1911
  • Final flight 1912
  • The great flood 1914
  • To fly again 1914
  • Hammondsport, Indiana 1915
  • Middle of the Atlantic Ocean 1928
  • A test of wills 1930
  • The lone eagle 1934
  • The battle of Britain 1940
  • The authorized biography 1943
  • Washington, DC 1943
  • Mabel Beck 1948
  • Wright brothers, wrong story.

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