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Green infoHow We Invented the Airplane: An Illustrated History
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Author/Editor: Orville Wright
ISBN 10:0486256626
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Filled with rare photographs and featuring accounts written by the Wright Brothers themselves, this fascinating firsthand history covers the brothers' early experiments, their construction of planes and motors, the first test flights, life after Kitty Hawk, and much more. Introduction and commentary ...  read more
 


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Filled with rare photographs and featuring accounts written by the Wright Brothers themselves, this fascinating firsthand history covers the brothers' early experiments, their construction of planes and motors, the first test flights, life after Kitty Hawk, and much more. Introduction and commentary by Fred C. Kelly. 76 black-and-white photographs.
Reprint of the David McKay Company, Inc., New York, 1953 edition.
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Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486256626
ISBN 13: 9780486256627
Author/Editor: Orville Wright
Format: Book
Page Count: 96
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11
Publication date: June 1988
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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And printing on recycled paper helps minimize our consumption of trees, water and fossil fuels. How We Invented the Airplane: An Illustrated History was printed on paper made with 10% post-consumer waste, and the cover was printed on paper made with 10% post-consumer waste. According to Environmental Defense's Paper Calculator, by using this innovative paper instead of conventional papers, we achieved the following environmental benefits.

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