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Released on the eve of the hundredth anniversary of Kitty Hawk, this lively account of the historic Wright Brothers flight chronicles the race to the first to achieve powered flight. 75,000 first printing.
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Fred E. C. Culick is a leading expert in aeronautics and astronautics and is currently Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. He has published widely, and his articles have appeared in Scientific American and other magazines. He helped create a full-scale replica of the Wright Flyer for use in wind-tunnel testing and is now at work on a new replica that he will pilot on the hundredth anniversary of the first flight in 2003. He lives in Pasadena, California.
Spencer Dunmore is the author of many books on aviation, includingBomb Run, Squadron, Final Approach, and Reap the Whirlwind, a history of the Canadian Air Force in World War II, co-written with William Carter. He has also written the naval historyIn Great Waters, and collaborated with Dr. Robert Ballard on Exploring the Lusitania. He lives in Burlington, Ontario.
Spencer Dunmore is the author of many books on aviation, includingBomb Run, Squadron, Final Approach, and Reap the Whirlwind, a history of the Canadian Air Force in World War II, co-written with William Carter. He has also written the naval historyIn Great Waters, and collaborated with Dr. Robert Ballard on Exploring the Lusitania. He lives in Burlington, Ontario.
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- PublisherHachette Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0786866861
- ISBN 13 9780786866861
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages176
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