Description |
224 pages : illustrations (some. color) ; 30 cm |
Note |
Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, from July 4 to Sept. 7, 2003 and at the Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, from Nov. 1, 2003 to Jan. 11, 2004. |
Contents |
The desire to fly -- Lifting the world with a kite -- Kitty Hawk, 1903 : first flight -- Learning to fly : Huffman Prairie -- Fort Meyer : selling the military flyer -- Postcards from Europe -- Homecoming -- Return to Fort Meyer -- Records and wrecks -- Wilbur : a look back -- Kitty Hawk and other monuments -- Orville : a life in review -- The Kitty Hawk flyer in exile -- The Wright Brothers' social impact. |
Subject |
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
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Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
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Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography.
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Wright Flyer (Airplane)
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Added Author |
Findsen, Owen.
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Dayton Art Institute.
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ISBN |
0810942674 hardcover |
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