Visions of a Flying Machine (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)

Jakab, Peter L.

ISBN 10: 1560987480 / ISBN 13: 9781560987482

Verlag: Smithsonian Books, 1997

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00101664136

Inhaltsangabe:

This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century.

Step by step, the book details the path of invention (including the important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated in the momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first major milestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos, designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the Wright Brothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book that will be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, or anyone interested in the process of invention.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Peter L. Jakab is curator of early aviation at the National Air and Space Museum and the co-editor of The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2004). He lives in Virginia.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Visions of a Flying Machine (Smithsonian ...
Verlag: Smithsonian Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good