Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910 - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:NewSouth BooksISBN-13:9781588381682ISBN-10:1588381684UPC:9781588381682Book Category:Transportation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Aviation, United StatesBook Topic:Piloting & Flight Instruction, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 5.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCG36TVPHC
Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910
From author Julie Hedgepeth Williams, winner of the 2021 Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History
In 1910, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened the first US civilian flight school in Montgomery, Alabama. The Wright Brothers hoped to find a climate warmer and more hospitable to flying than their company base of snowy Dayton, Ohio, even as forward-thinking Montgomerians heralded the...Language:EnglishPublisher:NewSouth BooksISBN-13:9781588381682ISBN-10:1588381684UPC:9781588381682Book Category:Transportation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Aviation, United StatesBook Topic:Piloting & Flight Instruction, 20th CenturySize:8.80 x 5.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.5004Product ID:SCG36TVPHC
JULIE HEDGEPETH WILLIAMS is an adjunct communication and media professor at Samford University. She is also the recipient of the 2021 Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History. Williams is the author or coauthor of eleven books, including Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama.
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