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Unlocking the Sky

Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane

Unlocking the Sky( )
Author: Shulman, Seth
ISBN:978-0-06-095615-8
Publication Date:Sep 2003
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Harper Perennial
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.99
Book Description:

Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While the Wright brothers threw a veil of secrecy over their flying machine, Glenn Hammond Curtiss -- perhaps the greatest aviator and aeronautical inventor of all time -- freely exchanged information with engineers in America and abroad, resulting in his famous airplane, the June...
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Book Details
Pages:288
Detailed Subjects: Transportation / Aviation / History
Biography & Autobiography / Aviation & Nautical
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.31 x 8 x 0.65 Inches
Book Weight:0.46 Pounds



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