Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
by Donald J. Sobol | Children's Books | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0590404881 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0590404881 Global Overview for this book
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Against All Odds
Orville and Wilbur Wright are a couple of bicycle salesmen from Dayton, Ohio who shared a common dream: to fly a powered machine. They weren't alone in their dream. All over the world, men were attempting to fly. A great trade fair in St. Louis was offering large sums of money to the first man to reach the sky. The Wright brothers were determined to win.
But nothing was going their way. First the wind was too strong for their glider. Then they ran out of money. And then they got the worst news of all: No company in the world would build them an engine for such a risky venture. Without any engineering experience, they would have to build it themselves.
The odds are against them, but on December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright were able to do what no man had yet done-and live to tell about it.
Orville and Wilbur Wright are a couple of bicycle salesmen from Dayton, Ohio who shared a common dream: to fly a powered machine. They weren't alone in their dream. All over the world, men were attempting to fly. A great trade fair in St. Louis was offering large sums of money to the first man to reach the sky. The Wright brothers were determined to win.
But nothing was going their way. First the wind was too strong for their glider. Then they ran out of money. And then they got the worst news of all: No company in the world would build them an engine for such a risky venture. Without any engineering experience, they would have to build it themselves.
The odds are against them, but on December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright were able to do what no man had yet done-and live to tell about it.
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