Bibliograph

The Dayton flight factory, the Wright brothers and the birth of aviation, Timothy R. Gaffney

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The Dayton flight factory, the Wright brothers and the birth of aviation, Timothy R. Gaffney

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Dayton flight factory

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Timothy R. Gaffney

Sub title

the Wright brothers and the birth of aviation

Summary

The Wright brothers are known around the world as the inventors of the airplane. But few people know Wilbur and Orville invented the airplane in Dayton, Ohio--their hometown--not in North Carolina, where they tested it. Efforts to preserve historic places in the Dayton region where the Wright brothers lived and worked are paying off. Today, you can stroll the Wright brothers' neighborhood, see the original 1905 Wright Flyer III and walk the prairie where they flew it. A project to restore the Wright brothers' factory--the first American factory built to produce airplanes--will complete the picture. In this book, author Timothy R. Gaffney uses historical research and today's aviation heritage sites to retell the story of the Wright brothers from a hometown perspective

Target audience

adult

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