Wright Brothers National Memorial

by Darrell Collins and Douglas Stover

Book Overview

Wilbur and Orville Wright made the world's first successful controlled, heavier-than-air powered flight on December 17, 1903, after four years of glider experiments and scientific study. At what is now the Wright Brothers National Memorial, the brothers discovered and developed the fundamental principles of mechanical flight, setting in motion a series of events that allowed the first generation of flight to travel from Kitty Hawk to the moon in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467104264
• ISBN13: 9781467104265
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"