First to Fly

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  First to Fly: North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation

  By Thomas C. Parramore

  ... 303 of first flight , 97 ; writes to Wrights , Gentry , Viola : of Gentry , N.C. , 284 ; as 103 ; as caretaker at ... William A. , 56 from plane in Tarboro , 301 Grand Central Palace Exhibit ( 1912 ) , Flemming , W. W .: dies with ...

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  First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane

  By Peter Busby

  With an inspiring text, original paintings, period photographs, and detailed diagrams, "First to Fly recreates the story of the Wright Brothers, from their earliest challenges to their final triumph.

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  First to Fly: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American Heroes Who Flew for France in World War I

  By Charles Bracelen Flood

  Tells the story of the daredevil Americans of the Lafayette Escadrille, who flew in French planes, wore French uniforms, and showed the world an American brand of heroism before the United States entered the Great War.

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  First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane

  By Peter Busby

  A look at the lives of the Wright brothers, from their childhood interest in flight, through their study of successful gliders and other flying machines, to their triumphs at Kitty Hawk and beyond.

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  First to Fly: How Wilbur & Orville Wright Invented the Airplane

  By Peter Busby

  It started with a toy. As boys, Wilbur and Orville Wright loved making their helicopter fly. As adults, the brothers made their living taking things apart and putting them together...

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  First to Fly: The Story of the Lafayette Escadrille, the American Heroes Who Flew for France in World War I

  By Charles Bracelen Flood

  “The compelling story of the squadron of adventurous young American pilots who were among the first to engage in air combat.” —Tampa Bay Times In First to Fly, lauded historian Charles Bracelen Flood draws on rarely seen primary ...

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  First to Fly: The Unlikely Triumph of Wilbur and Orville Wright

  By James Tobin

  This is the story of how the obscure but brilliant and determined Wilbur Wright, and his brother Orville, beat rich, powerful and sometimes unscrupulous rivals to become the first to fly.

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  First to Fly

  By Robert R. Moulton

  An account of eighteen-year-old Todd Nelson's experiment, "Insect in Flight Motion Study," which was the first student experiment ever to fly aboard a manned space shuttle flight.