Story of the Aeroplane

Story of the Aeroplane

Charles Burleigh Galbreath, writer, historian, educator, and librarian in Ohio (1858-1934)


This ebook presents «Story of the Aeroplane», from Charles Burleigh Galbreath. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

- About This Book

- The Ocean Of Air

- The Birds Can Fly And Why Can't I

- Early Flying Machines

- Nineteenth Century Experiments

- Claims Of Maxim And Ader

- Langley's Tandem Monoplane

- Experiments With Gliders

- Aviation At The Beginning Of The Present Century

- The Kite

- The Plane Defined

- Essentials Of The Aeroplane

- The Wright Brothers And Their Problem

- Balancing The Machine

- At Kitty Hawk

- The First Flight

- Machine Balanced By Warping Of Planes

- Newspaper Reports Verified

- Trial Flights At Fort Meyer

- Fatal Accident

- Wilbur Wright Wins Fame In France

- Wright Brothers Honored

- United States Government Requirements Successfully Met

- Recent Improvements

- Future Of The Aeroplane