What boy or girl doesn’t dream of flying, gazing down on the earth from the cockpit controls of an airplane or space capsule? Inspired by America’s early space program, retired history school teacher Mary Lipsey explains the principles of flight in her book Aviation: From Curiosity To Reality. Learn how early pioneers of aviation studied birds and experimented with new technologies as they competed to be the first to fly. Then in 1903, a few days after Samuel Langley failed to lift off, Orville Wright flew 120 feet and modern aviation was born. Mary Lipsey recounts inspiring feats of the pioneer inventors and daring first aviators, and suggests guides for readers eager to learn more about aviation.
John Browne - author of The Story of Ravensworth: a history of the Ravensworth landgrant in Fairfax County, Virginia (2018); companion website http://ravensworthstory.org/; maps author of Braddock's True Gold: 20th Century Life In The Heart Of Fairfax County (2006)
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