To conquer the air : the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight / James Tobin.
To conquer the air : the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight / James Tobin.
To conquer the air : the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight / James Tobin.
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New York., NY : Free Press, c2003.
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N629.13/24
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English
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ix, 433 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cm.
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New York., NY : Free Press, c2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2003.
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"As Tobin relates, the Wrights' 1903 triumph at Kitty Hawk, however hallowed in American lore, was ill-reported and disbelieved. So, while the two brothers struggled to transform their delicate contraption into a practical airplane, others moved to overtake them as the leading pioneers of flight. In France, rivals scoffed at the Wrights even as the...
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To conquer the air : the Wright Brothers and the great race for flight / James Tobin.
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Includes Index.
Bibliography: p. 371-414.
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c2003.
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N629.13/24
Record Identifier
74VvB6KAyqOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvB6KAyqOM
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ISBN
0684856883
9780684856889 (hbk.) :
0684856883 (hbk.) :
9780684856889
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629.130092273
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991016358429702626
