the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane
Heppenheimer, T. A.
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.
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.
the birth of flight = Los hermanos Wright : el comienzo de la aviaci?on
Sproule, Anna
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.
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.