Great Aviators and Epic Flights
Publisher: Universe; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: May 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780883635261
Subjects: Aircraft: general interest; Biography: general; Biography; Air Transportation; Aircraft Operation; Transportation; Flights; Aviation - History; General; Transportation / Aviation / History; Air pilots; Aviation - Piloting & Flight Instruction; Aeronautics
First sentence: THE AIR AGE began at wind-swept Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903-a flying machine, crafted by Orville and Wilbur Wright, lifted into the air under its own power, moved forward without any loss of speed, and landed on ground as high as that from where it had taken off.