Project Gutenberg 2022-03-21 Public domain in the USA. 298 Kelly, Fred C. (Fred Charters) 1882 1959 Kelly, Fred Charters 43051170 The Wright Brothers $aUnited States :$bHarcourt, Brace & Co.,$c1943. Reading ease score: 66.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Wright Brothers" by Fred C. Kelly is a biography authorized by Orville Wright, written in the early 1940s. This work chronicles the lives, inventions, and pioneering efforts of the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, as they transformed the dream of human flight into reality. This engaging account highlights their youthful curiosity, mechanical aptitude, and relentless pursuit of progress against formidable challenges. The opening of the biography introduces the Wright brothers' early fascination with mechanics, stemming from childhood experiences that ignited their passion for invention. It recounts a pivotal moment involving a toy helicopter that sparked their lifelong interest in flight. As the narrative unfolds, it delves into their upbringing, highlighting their supportive family environment and their early experiments with kites and other mechanical devices. The beginning sets a foundation for understanding the brothers’ character, determination, and the inventive spirit that ultimately led them to create the first successful powered aircraft. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021112001 20191024060223kelly 1943 US en Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography TL Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 700311 700351 2024-09-28T04:16:38.402669 2023-09-29T05:24:19.868149 text/html text/html 677569 2022-03-20T23:31:17 text/html 4174855 2024-09-28T04:16:52.511669 application/epub+zip 4170780 2024-09-28T04:16:41.453655 application/epub+zip 324923 2024-09-28T04:16:39.631655 application/epub+zip 8222504 2024-09-28T04:17:00.404792 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8165884 2024-09-28T04:16:50.547609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441485 2022-09-30T12:38:28.290345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583107 583141 2024-09-28T04:16:36.515686 2023-09-29T05:24:18.178129 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 582850 2022-03-20T23:31:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19209 2024-09-28T04:17:00.574585 application/rdf+xml 13162 2024-09-28T04:16:39.863687 image/jpeg 2550 2024-09-28T04:16:39.746671 image/jpeg 4978213 2024-09-28T04:16:38.527741 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia