Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane
by
Seth Shulman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
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...