The Origins of the First Powered, Man-carrying Airplane

Culick, F. E. C. (1979) The Origins of the First Powered, Man-carrying Airplane. Scientific American, 241 (1). pp. 86-100. ISSN 0036-8733. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0779-86. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20101213-074304929

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The Wright brothers' "Flyer" of 1903 was not just a lucky effort by two bicycle mechanics from Dayton but the outcome of an intensive program of research, engineering and testing

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