The Heritage of Kitty HawkW.W. Norton, 1962 - 211 էջ The story of the early aviation pioneers and their accomplishments from the beginnings until World War 1. |
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... British Army . Soon he was engaged in airplane con- struction , as well as in designing and building a dirigible . No en- gineer , Cody was a good mechanic ; he had the patience to build and rebuild until he was satisfied with what he ...
... British Army . Soon he was engaged in airplane con- struction , as well as in designing and building a dirigible . No en- gineer , Cody was a good mechanic ; he had the patience to build and rebuild until he was satisfied with what he ...
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... British military officials of the rightness of their preference for the biplane . Two other British pre - war biplanes deserve mention . Soon after the appearance of the Tabloid , the British and Colonial Airplane Company brought out ...
... British military officials of the rightness of their preference for the biplane . Two other British pre - war biplanes deserve mention . Soon after the appearance of the Tabloid , the British and Colonial Airplane Company brought out ...
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... British generals . In his first dispatch of the war , issued September 7 , the com- mander of the British Expeditionary Forces in Europe , Field Mar- shall Sir John French wrote , " I wish particularly to bring to your Lordships ...
... British generals . In his first dispatch of the war , issued September 7 , the com- mander of the British Expeditionary Forces in Europe , Field Mar- shall Sir John French wrote , " I wish particularly to bring to your Lordships ...
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The Dreamers | 15 |
The Early Experimenters | 21 |
The Bird Men | 29 |
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