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Published by Smithsonian Books, 1997
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- Title
- Visions of a Flying Machine (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)
- Author
- Jakab, Peter L.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Books
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1560987480
- ISBN 13
- 9781560987482
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century.
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About the Author
Peter L. Jakab is curator of early aviation at the National Air and Space Museum and the co-editor of The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2004). He lives in Virginia.
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