The Wright Brothers: Heirs of Prometheus

by Richard P. Hallion

Essays, historical matter, and photographs combine to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first powered, sustained, and controlled heavier-than-air flight

Paperback

First published November 17, 1978

About the author

Richard P. Hallion is Senior Adviser for Air and Space Issues, Directorate for Security, Counterintelligence and Special Programs Oversight, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

Reviews

[E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and worth the read. What makes this book a gem in my library is that it contains Amos Root's Gleanings on Bee Culture article which was published at a time when few believed the Wrights were truly flying. This was the first published eye witness account of their Huffman Prairie experiments and he had been personally invited by the Wrights to watch them fly. They all seemed to have great respect for each other.