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The Wright Brothers: The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World Hardcover - 2005

by Ian Mackersey

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When, as a young newspaper reporter, I indulged ten shillings a week of my 6 salary on the extravagance of flying lessons, my instructor, a veteran World War II pilot, used to delight in bewildering people by answering the phone as 'Wilbur Wright'.

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  • Title The Wright Brothers: The Remarkable Story of the Aviation Pioneers Who Changed the World
  • Author Ian Mackersey
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 544
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group, London
  • Date March 1, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780316861441 / 0316861448
  • Weight 2.16 lbs (0.98 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.4 x 2 in (23.62 x 16.26 x 5.08 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.130

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UK: Little, Brown Book Group, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9.3 x 6.4 x 2 inches. h/b 554 pages, condition is very good. The conquest of the air at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, was one of the supreme achievements of the 20th century. On that day, two unknown bicycle mechanics, Wilbur and Orville Wright, launched the first successful powered airplane. They changed the world forever. In The Wright Brothers, Ian Mackersey gives us an intriguing new biography of these eccentric figures, whose genius unlocked the secrets of mechanical flight to realize one of man's oldest dreams.
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