Product Information
Publishing in its centennial year, this title looks at what Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved on December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina when they made the first successful flight of an engine-powered plane and how they accomplished it. Aviation writer T.A. Heppenheimer puts their achievement in context of the other early attempts at building a viable airplane.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons AND Sons LTD
ISBN-139780471401247
eBay Product ID (ePID)86979240
Product Key Features
Number of Pages394 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameFirst Flight: the Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane
Publication Year2003
SubjectEngineering & Technology, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
AuthorT.A. Heppenheimer
Dimensions
Item Height246 mm
Item Weight709 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorT.A. Heppenheimer