History of aeronautical investigation and experiments of Wilbur and Orville Wright is given; brothers concluded that lack of actual practice in air was main reason for failure of so many investigators; wind-tunnel construction and experiments; gliding experiments; propeller problems; flight in power-driven machine, Dec. 17, 1903; Government bids for airplane in 1908 which they won; European work; formation of Wright Co.


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    Titel :

    The Wright Brothers


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Popular Aviation


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1928


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Anmerkungen:

    3 Figs.


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Wright brothers' contribution

    Handley Page, F. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    The Wright brothers

    Tames, Richard | TIBKAT | 1990


    The Wright Brothers' Papers

    Naylor, V.D. | Emerald Group Publishing | 1954



    Wright brothers and research

    Guggenheim, H.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1928