The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation (U.S. Landmark Books #10)

Quentin Reynolds


Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
4.00 · 10 ratings · 128 pages · Published: 1950

The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation by Quentin Reynolds
A biography of the two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, who built and flew the first airplane.

Contents:
Learning from Mother --
"Get It Right on Paper" --
Building a Wagon --
Their First Pocket Money --
Making Kites --
Wilbur's Illness --
The Helecopter --
The "West Side News" --
The Wright Cycle Company --
The Bicycle Race --
In the Bicycle Business --
Typhoid Fever --
Learning Through Reading --
They Make a Glider --
Kitty Hawk --
Improving the Glider --
The Wright Engine --
The Flying Machine --
Airplane in a Cow Pasture --
Fame and Success --

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