Dayton Aviation: The Wright Brothers to McCook Field

by Kenneth M. Keisel

Book Overview

Hallowed skies blanket Dayton, Ohio, a city once known as the "Cradle of Aviation"--and with good reason. It was in Dayton that two brothers became the unlikely creators of the world's first airplane, but that is just the start of the story. Dayton Aviation: The Wright Brothers to McCook Field examines Dayton's civil and military aviation history from its start with the Wright Brothers to the founding of Wright and Patterson Fields in the 1930s, a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738593893
• ISBN13: 9780738593890
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"