Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003

by NASA, Mark D. Bowles, World Spaceflight News, et al.

Book Overview

While growing up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Milton Wright, the Wright Brothers' father, liked to purchase toys for his sons that he hoped would stimulate their imagination. One of the most memorable gifts was a toy helicopter that was designed by the French aeronautical experimenter Alphonse P naud. Milton gave his sons this gift in 1878, and, though it was a simple device with a stick bound to a four-blade rotor set in a spindle, it had the intended...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149357650X
• ISBN13: 9781493576500
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"