Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina
by Omega G. East
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About this eBook
- Author
- East, Omega G., 1920-1985
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
- Subject
- Wright Brothers National Memorial (N.C.)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 57725
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57725
- Release Date
- August 19, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL NORTH CAROLINA
- 2.Contents
- 3.The Wright Brothers of Dayton, Ohio
- 4.Young Business Partners
- 5.Pioneers of Flight
- 6.Problems of Flight
- 7.First Experiments, 1899
- 8.Why Kitty Hawk?
- 9.Glider Experiments, 1900
- 10.Glider Experiments, 1901
- 11.Wind-Tunnel Tests, 1901
- 12.Glider Experiments, 1902
- 13.The Motor and the Propellers
- 14.The Powered Machine, 1903
- 15.December 17, 1903: The Day Man First Flew
- 16.After the First Flight
- 17.The Original Airplane Exhibited
- 18.The National Memorial
- 19.Guide to the Area — VISITOR CENTER. — RECONSTRUCTED WRIGHT BROTHERS’ 1903 CAMP. — FIRST FLIGHT GROUNDS. — KILL DEVIL HILL. — WRIGHT MEMORIAL SHAFT.
- 20.Administration
- 21.Glossary
- 22.Suggestions for Further Reading
- 23.NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
- 24.Transcriber’s Notes
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