The Wright Brothers legacy
Subtitle: Orville and Wilbur Wright and their aeroplanes
By: Walt Burton & Owen Findsen
Contributors: Findsen, Owen; Dayton Art Institute
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Wright, Wilbur, -- 1867-1912; Wright, Orville, -- 1871-1948; Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography; Wright Flyer (Airplane)
Genres: Biography
Notes: Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, from July 4 to Sept. 7, 2003 and at the Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, fron Nov. 1, 2003 to Jan. 11, 2004
Table of contents: title: The desire to fly; title: Lifting the world with a kite; title: Kitty Hawk, 1903 : first flight; title: Learning to fly : Huffman Prairie; title: Fort Meyer : selling the military flyer; title: Postcards from Europe; title: Homecoming; title: Return to Fort Meyer; title: Records and wrecks; title: Wilbur : a look back; title: Kitty Hawk and other monuments; title: Orville : a life in review; title: The Kitty Hawk flyer in exile; title: The Wright Brothers' social impact