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Unlocking The SkySeth Shulman

Unlocking The Sky

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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…

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7 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    HarperCollins · 9780061624728
  • Paperback · English · 2003
    Harper Perennial · 288 pages · 9780060956158
  • Hardcover · English · 2002
    HarperCollins · 272 pages · 9780060196332
  • Other · English · 2008
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061624735
  • Other · English · 2008
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061660665
  • Other · English · 2008
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061624759
Biography & AutobiographyNonfictionAir pilotsAirplanesBiographyHistoryNew York Times reviewedCurtiss, glenn hammond, 1878-1930