Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910

by Julie Hedgepeth Williams

Book Overview

From author Julie Hedgepeth Williams, winner of the 2021 Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History

In 1910, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened the first US civilian flight school in Montgomery, Alabama. The Wright Brothers hoped to find a climate warmer and more hospitable to flying than their company base of snowy Dayton, Ohio, even as forward-thinking Montgomerians heralded the school as a way to rise above the shadow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588381684
• ISBN13: 9781588381682
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"