Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While the Wright brothers threw a veil of secrecy over their flying machine, Glenn Hammond Curtiss -- perhaps the greatest aviator and aeronautical inventor of all time -- freely exchanged information with engineers in America and abroad, resulting in his famous airplane, the June Bug, which made the first ever public flight in America. Fiercely jealous, the Wright brothers took to the courts to keep Curtiss and his airplane out of the sky and off the market. Ultimately, however, it was Curtiss's innovations and designs, not the Wright brothers', that served as the model for the modern airplane.
| ISBN: | 9780060956158 |
| Publication date: | 16th September 2003 |
| Author: | Lisa Scottoline |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: science, technology and medicine Biography: business and industry Biography: historical, political and military Political leaders and leadership History Ecological science, the Biosphere Engineering: general Environmental science, engineering and technology Aerospace and aviation technology Space science Astronautics Aircraft and aviation |
Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While the Wright brothers threw a veil of secrecy over their flying machine, Glenn Hammond Curtiss -- perhaps the greatest aviator and aeronautical inventor of all time -- freely exchanged information with engineers in America and abroad, resulting in his famous airplane, the June Bug, which made the first ever public flight in America.
Unlocking the Sky features in the following genres: Biography: science, technology and medicine, Biography: business and industry, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, History, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Engineering: general, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Aerospace and aviation technology, Space science, Astronautics, Aircraft and aviation
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Unlocking the Sky was written by Lisa Scottoline and published by Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins
Unlocking the Sky has 288 pages