Wings of opportunity
Subtitle: the Wright brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910
By: Julie Williams.
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Montgomery
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781588381682
Subjects: Wright, Wilbur, -- 1867-1912 -- Homes and haunts; Wright, Orville, -- 1871-1948 -- Homes and haunts; Flight schools -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century; Flight training -- Alabama -- Montgomery -- History -- 20th century
Description: In 1910, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened the first US civilian flight school in Montgomery, Alabama. Author Julie Hedgepeth Williams chronicles the short life of this flight school as seen mainly through the eyes of the Alabama press, whose reporting and sometimes mis-reporting "reflected the misconceptions, hopes, dreams, and fears about aviation in 1910, painting a picture of a time when flight was untested, unsteady, and unavailable to most people."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.