First into the air
Subtitle: the first airplanes
By: by David and Susan McMullen ; illustrated by Jeffrey Gatrall
Contributors: McMullen, Susan, 1953- joint author.; Gatrall, Jeffrey.
Publisher: CPI; distributed by Silver Burdett Co.
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York; Morristown, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Juvenile literature.; Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Juvenile literature.; Human powered aircraft -- Juvenile literature.; Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Aeronautics -- Flights.; Human powered aircraft.; Aeronautics -- Biography.
Description: Features two famous "first" flights: one in 1903 that was the first powered flight in an airplane and one in 1977 in which a man flew under his own power.