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PrintCollection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection
Collection Number: 2423
Post Type: Book
This item was entered by Matthew Sutton. They assume full responsibility for all content.
Artist or Author: Edited by Stella Sands
Creation Year: 2001
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Language: English Description: Today we hardly notice jets streaking through the sky. We pass by airports without giving the miracle of flight a second thought. For most people, flying is simply the fastest, easiest, and sometimes the cheapest way to travel. But just over a hundred years ago, anybody who talked about humans flying in machines was thought to be not just odd, but crazy. Most people thought flying machines were fantasy or, at best, inventions for the distant future -- but not Orville and Wilbur Wright. The two bicycle-maker brothers from Dayton, Ohio, were practical dreamers. They believed that they could build a flying machine that would work. But they also knew that it wouldn't be easy. They believed in themselves, refused to let their upsets get them down, and learned from their mistakes. They were a great team, and they succeeded where all before them had failed.
Geographic: France, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Materials: Paper
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