First to Fly: North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation
- ISBN-10
- 0807854700
- ISBN-13
- 9780807854709
- Series
- First to Fly
- Category
- Transportation
- Pages
- 388
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-03-01
- Publisher
- UNC Press Books
- Author
- Thomas C. Parramore
Description
A remarkable story filled with dreamers, inventors, scoundrels, and pioneering pilots, First to Fly recounts North Carolina's significant role in the early history of aviation. Beginning well before the Wright brothers' first powered flight at Kill
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