num_pages: 472
description: The Hammondsport, NY, the soul of American aviation research and development between 1905 and 1912; Rheims, France, the first International air races in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The The Wright brothers have gained fame for their first flight in November, 1903. Over the next decade, Glen Curtiss, Alexander Graham Bell and other daring pioneers challenge the Wright's initial advantage and compete for towering fame and enormous fortunes through that first great era of air races and death-defying exhibitions. This is the ongoing story of the Harrison family who commit their hearts and minds to building safer airplanes that can also fly faster, higher and longer distances.
language: English
title: The Fledgling: Born for Flight
titlecomplete: The Fledgling: Born for Flight
publisher: Cogent Publishing