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1996

Format:	Book
Author:	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
Title:	Miracle at Kitty Hawk : the letters of Wilbur and Orville Wright / edited by Fred C. Kelly.
Edition:	1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Da Capo Press, 1996.
Description:	ix, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Summary:	On December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) Wright made the first controlled, sustained flights in a power-driven airplane. Relying on the facilities of a bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio, they had constructed, alone, the world's first flying machines.
Subjects:	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 -- Correspondence. Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 -- Correspondence.
Other Author:	Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters), 1882-1959.
Notes:	Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. Includes index.
Contents:	Boyhood -- From Bicycle Shop to Kitty Hawk -- Secrets from a Wind Tunnel -- Power Flight -- What Next with a Flying Machine -- A Miracle Hard to Believe -- Two Yankees and Europe -- World Recognition -- The Cost of Pre-eminence -- Elder Statesman of Aviation -- Back from Exile.
Web Site:	Publisher description
LCCN:	95040530
ISBN:	0306806711 9780306806711
Other Number:	33101256
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Control Number:	103009
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Call Number:	629.13 Wright

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