The Wright Brothers' invention changed the way we live and air travel has transformed our world. It is a fascinating story on how an injury in a hockey game changed Wilbur Wright's career plans. This paper relates the story and how his career evolved with his brother to build bicycles and then develop the airplane and an aircraft manufacturing company.
Wilbur Wright, Hockey, and the History of Flight
First Congress of Transportation and Development Institute (TDI) ; 2011 ; Chicago, Illinois, United States
T&DI Congress 2011 ; 205-212
2011-03-11
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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