Flight Not Improbable

Octave Chanute and the Worldwide Race Toward Flight

AvSimine Short

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This book is a must-read for all those interested in the evolution of airplanes. Its protagonist, Octave Chanute, is best known for his scientific and collaborative approach to the engineering problems related to the development of flight and for the support he gave to the many aeronautical pioneers, including the Wright Brothers.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-05-22
Mått:155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:795 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Biographies
Antal sidor:443
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031244322

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Simine Short has written more than 150 articles on early aviation, especially on the history of motorless flight as well as a previous book “Locomotive to Aeromotive,” published in 2011 by the University of Illinois Press.The accomplishments of Octave Chanute have intrigued Simine throughout her professional career in science and technology, and she is considered a leading expert on his contributions to, and influence on early aviation. Her new book, “Flight Not Improbable,” (Springer, 2023) focuses on how Chanute's input, guidance and encouragement helped many would-be aeronauts achieve their goal to fly successfully and safely.

Innehållsförteckning

1. How it all began.- 2. Flight is not Improbable (1853 – 1895).- 3. Theory – Investigating – Practical Flying (1896).- 4. Collaboration for Progress in Flying Machines (1898-1902).- 5. Two Eventful Years of Intertwined Development (1903-1904).- 6. The Persistent Experiments to Wing the Air (1905-1907).- 7. Internationalism, Idealism and Materialism (1908).- 8. New People, new Designs, new Ideas, new Problems.- 9. How Soon Can We All Fly? (1910).- 10. Some Final Words.