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Unlocking the Sky traces the fierce competition to design, refine, and produce the first practical manned aircraft. While the Wright brothers guarded their designs, Glenn Hammond Curtiss shared knowledge with engineers worldwide, leading to the June Bug’s historic public flight. Court battles ensued as the Wrights attempted to block Curtiss’s breakthroughs, but ultimately Curtiss’s innovations became the foundation of today’s airplanes.
First publish date: September 3, 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Seth Shulman
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