| Author | Walsh, John Evangelist, 1927-2015.
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| Title | One day at Kitty Hawk : the untold story of the Wright brothers and the airplane / John Evangelist Walsh.
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| Published | New York : Crowell, c1975.
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| Description | x, 305 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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| ISBN | 0690001037 |
| ISBN | 9780690001037 |
| General Note | Clifford W. Henderson National Air Races Collection book #301.
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The long silence -- Wilbur Wright's lost decade -- The dream begins -- Something in the wing tips -- Kitty Hawk 1900 -- Kitty Hawk 1901 -- The promise of P(tang a)/P(90) -- Kitty Hawk 1902 -- The Flyer is built -- High noon at Kitty Hawk -- The story of the century-- almost -- The goings-on at Huffman's pasture -- Flying machine for sale -- A sensation of perfect peace -- The troubles of selling a secret -- Competition -- Wilbur Wright's triumph -- Kings of the air.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Walsh has created a dramatic, movement-by-movement account of the airplane's invention, development and testing. He shows why the myths about the Wright brothers arose and flourished.
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| Subjects | Aeronautics -- United States -- History.
Biographies.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
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| LC Card Number | 75-12740 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: TL 540 W7 W223 1975
CA-1903060: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69217] |
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