The Wright Brothers
Subtitle: The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Little Brown Book Group Limited
Published: September 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9780751533682
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Scientists - General; Transportation; Aviation - History; AERONAUTICS_BIOGRAPHY; AERONAUTICS_HISTORY; Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology; WRIGHT BROTHERS; Motor Sports
First sentence: When, as a young newspaper reporter, I indulged ten shillings a week of my 6 salary on the extravagance of flying lessons, my instructor, a veteran World War II pilot, used to delight in bewildering people by answering the phone as 'Wilbur Wright'.