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First flight

the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane
2003
Argues that Wilbur and Orville Wright were not just amateurs who got lucky with their airplane, but were true engineering geniuses whose feats equaled those of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and other giants of the age of invention.

The Wright brothers

2006
Examines the inventions of the Wright brothers, who turned the dream of human flight into reality. See them test their ideas for gliders, propellers, and airplane engines, resulting in the first powered airplane, dubbed The Flyer.

Dawn over Kitty Hawk

a novel of the Wright brothers
2003

The Wright Brothers

1996
The story of the American inventors who were the first to attain power-driven, heavier-than-air flight.

The Wright brothers

1996
Uses animation to dramatize the Wright brothers' development of the airplane and to explain some basic concepts of aerodynamics.

Wilbur and Orville Wright, young fliers

1984
The boyhood of the brothers who flew the first airplane in 1903.

The value of patience

the story of the Wright brothers
1976
Describes the patient efforts of the Wright brothers to build a flying machine.

The Wright brothers

1972
An easy-to-read biography of the two brothers who built and flew the first powered airplane in 1903.

The Wright brothers

the birth of flight = Los hermanos Wright : el comienzo de la aviaci?on
2005
Presents a short biography of the Wright Brothers written in both English and Spanish, and chronicles their lives and work in the development of early aviation and heavier-than-air flight.

The Bishop's boys

a life of Wilbur and Orville Wright
1989
An account of how the two inventors were guided by their father, the years leading to the triumph of practical flight, and the death of Orville in 1948.

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