First to Fly
North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation
A remarkable story filled with dreamers, inventors, scoundrels, and pioneering pilots, First to Fly recounts North Carolina's significant role in the early history of aviation. Beginning well before the Wright brothers' first powered flight at Kill Devil Hill in 1903, North Carolinians labored at the cutting edge of aviation technology from the late 1800s through World War I. North Carolina was a launching ground for real and imaginary ballooning adventures as early as 1789. Powered experiments, including what seems to have been America's first airplane, gained momentum in the late nineteenth century. Tar Heel mechanics and inventors also bui…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8078-5470-9
- EAN: 9780807854709
- Produktnummer: 9966011
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 392 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.3 cm 600 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 600
Über den Autor
Thomas C. Parramore is professor of history emeritus at Meredith College in Raleigh and author, most recently, of Norfolk: The First Four Centuries.
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