A History of Early Aviation [Kindle Edition]

Orville Wright (Author), Wilbur Wright (Author), William Claxton (Author)

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The pioneers of aviation. The firsthand account by the Wright Brothers of their early experiments with gliders and their first powered flight, and William J Claxton's account of early balloon flight and aircraft development to World War One.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 476 KB
• Print Length: 168 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1934941565
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Red and Black Publishers (May 13, 2009)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0029XG19U
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,282 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #62 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > History > World > Transportation > Aviation

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I learned some things I didn't know before, May 31, 2009

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This review is from: A History of Early Aviation (Paperback)

I had never seen anything written by the Wright Brothers before, so that was really interesting. The rest of the book covers developments in Europe -- even though the airplane was invented in the US, most of the practical work was done after that in England and France. I found the part about the early balloonists who flew before the Wright Brothers to be very interesting, as there doesn't seem to be much written about them. It also covers early aviators like Bleriot and Santos Dumont.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag, May 30, 2009

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This review is from: A History of Early Aviation (Paperback)

The first three articles by Orville and Wilbur Wright were very good. Written by the two people on earth that really knew what they were doing.
The last section by Claxton, regretably taking up most of the book, primarily deals with the history of aviation in England before and during WWI. Unfortunately, this section was of limited interest to me.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Stagg Lane shows up Brooklands, April 8, 2011

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This review is from: A History of Early Aviation (Kindle Edition)

After the Napster fiasco anything with original Wright facts rather than Curtiss finesse helps to avoid the dark shadow of copying.