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First Flight

The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane

First Flight( )
Author: Crouch, Tom D.
Foreword by: Glenn, John
Series title:National Park Service Handbook Ser.
ISBN:978-0-912627-71-7
Publication Date:Dec 2002
Publisher:National Park Service Division of Publications
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $6.50
Book Description:

Describes the Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio and the events that lead to the world's first successful flight of a man-carrying, power-driven, heavier-than-air machine.nbsp; The Wright brothers' first flight occurred on Dec. 17, 1903 and lasted just 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Book Details
Pages:116
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Transportation / Aviation / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.88 x 8.5 x 0.25 Inches
Author Biography
Crouch, Tom D. (Author)
Tom D. Crouch is an aeronautics historian and curator. Crouch attended Ohio University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1966. He also attended Miami University and received a Master of Arts degree in history there in 1968. He later earned a Ph.D in history from the Ohio State University in 1976. In 2001 the Wright State University awarded him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Crouch is the author books and many articles, primarily on topics related to the history of flight technology. Crouch was awarded a 1989 Christopher Award for his book The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. In 2005 he won the AIAA Gardner-Lasser Literature Prize for the book Wings: A History of Aviation From Kites to the Space Age.

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