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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... Glenn Hammond Curtiss on June 8 , 1911 received aviator's license # 1 issued by the Aero Club of America in its ... Glenn Curtiss was pulled inexorably into an aeronautical orbit from which he would not escape for many years . The early ...
... Glenn Hammond Curtiss on June 8 , 1911 received aviator's license # 1 issued by the Aero Club of America in its ... Glenn Curtiss was pulled inexorably into an aeronautical orbit from which he would not escape for many years . The early ...
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... Glenn worked after high school and during vacations in a bicycle shop . An excit- ing step followed — he got a job in one of the first automobile re- pair shops in town . At the same time , he studied business economics at Kansas ...
... Glenn worked after high school and during vacations in a bicycle shop . An excit- ing step followed — he got a job in one of the first automobile re- pair shops in town . At the same time , he studied business economics at Kansas ...
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... Glenn Martin . His impressive title was chief engineer . From then on , the Martin organization was never long ... Glenn Curtiss , also worked on the design of Martin airplanes . Perhaps more important to the growth of American aviation ...
... Glenn Martin . His impressive title was chief engineer . From then on , the Martin organization was never long ... Glenn Curtiss , also worked on the design of Martin airplanes . Perhaps more important to the growth of American aviation ...
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The Dreamers | 15 |
The Early Experimenters | 21 |
The Bird Men | 28 |
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