Title: Wings of opportunity
Subtitle: the Wright brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910
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.
Subjects: Homes and haunts, History, Flight schools, Flight training, Wright brothers, Alabama, biography
Places: Alabama, Montgomery
People: Orville Wright (1871-1948), Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)
Time periods: 20th century