Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910

by Julie Hedgepeth Williams

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From author Julie Hedgepeth Williams, winner of the 2021 Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History

In 1910, Orville and Wilbur Wright opened the first US civilian flight school in Montgomery, Alabama. The Wright Brothers hoped to find a climate warmer and more hospitable to flying than their company base of snowy Dayton, Ohio, even as forward-thinking Montgomerians heralded the school as a way to rise above the shadow...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1588381684

ISBN13:9781588381682

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:NewSouth Books

Length:168 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"

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History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Transportation

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