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Post by Pixel Pilot on May 3, 2015 13:00:53 GMT -5
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Post by kellyb on May 17, 2015 14:43:20 GMT -5
Just spotted this: McCullough's work is usually quite good, so this will be good.
Thanks for the post.
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Post by Pixel Pilot on May 18, 2015 9:39:33 GMT -5
Your welcome. I've read the first five chapters and am enjoying it a lot. The Wrights had a methodical approach which IMHO is why they succeeded.
Ed
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on May 18, 2015 11:56:11 GMT -5
Very interesting; I'll have to watch for it.
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Post by sak1134 on May 22, 2015 11:29:06 GMT -5
Another very good read is To Conquer the Air by James Tobin. Covering the unofficial race between the Wrights and Samuel Langley and then continuing on through the Wrights being recognized world wide as aviation undisputed pioneers.
My favorite paragraph comes at the end of the chapter when the Wrights finally fly and the "race" is over.
"The official cost of Langley's enterprise now approached $70,000. The Wrights figured up the total cost of their experiments of 1900 - 1903, including train and boat fare to and from the Outer Banks, at a little under one thousand dollars."
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