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PrintCollection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection
Collection Number: 2419
Post Type: Book
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Artist or Author: Joshua Stoff
Creation Year: 1996
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ISBN: 0-486-28836-6 Language: English Description: "The concept of flight has intrigued man since he first observed the birds of the air. But not until the early years of the 20th century would he successfully break the ties that bound him to earth.
This excellent pictorial history lavishly chronicles the exciting saga of those first aviators and their frail aircraft. As aviation historian Joshua Stoff shows, these courageous men and women flew planes that were little more than box kites of wood, cloth and wire, difficult to control and so sensitive to air currents that even moderate winds could cause them to crash. To fly such machines required, in Stoff's words, "a unique blend of courage, dedication, curiosity and fanaticism."
The author's exciting text and over 300 vintage photographs introduce the early pioneers of flight and their aircraft-Otto Lilienthal, who developed and flew the first man-carrying gliders; Octave Chanute, the creator of the biplane glider; Samuel Langley, whose craft were catapulted into the air from a houseboat; and Wilbur and Orville Wright, the mechanically inclined brothers from Ohio who in 1903 achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled flight in history. Other notable figures from both sides of the Atlantic include Louis Bleriot Jacob Ellehammer, Henri Farman, Helene Dutrieu, Arch Hoxsey, Glenn Curtiss, Arthur and Albert Heinrich and many more. In addition, special sections are devoted to the great flying meets of the period, to planes that looked promising but never got off the ground, planes that crashed and those craft designed to fight battles in the air.
Filled with fascinating photographs brimming with period atmosphere, Picture History of Early Aviation, 1903-1913 will thrill the legions of readers interested in the history and mechanics of flight and the remarkable achievements of its daring innovators."
136 pages
Geographic: Canada, United States
Materials: Cotton, Dowel, Paper
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