The Invention of the Airplane and the Rise of the Airplane Industry for Military and Civilian Purposes
Overview
The development of the airplane is a twentieth-century phenomenon. From the first powere...
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Modern Airplane Technology: 1950-1999
Overview
From the moment Orville and Wilbur Wright (1871-1948 and 1867-1912, respectively) took their famous flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the world fell ...
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Airplanes
December 17, 2003, marked the 100th anniversary of the first heavier-than-air flight, or as pilot Orville Wright put it, "the first in the history of the world in which a machine carr...
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The Invention of the Airplane and the Rise of the Airplane Industry for Military and Civilian Purposes
Airplanes