Crouch, 1981

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Crouch, Tom D. A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875–1905. New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1981. ISBN 0-393-01385-5

Key figures: Wright Brothers, Octave Chanute, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Augustus Moore Herring.

A chapter on Aeronautical Navigation Conference at 1893 World's Fair, a chapter on "Boston: The Third Circle" (Abbott Lawrence Rotch, Samuel Cabot, James Means et al.), and a chapter on Otto Lilienthal's influence in America.


Original title A Dream of Wings: Americans and the Airplane, 1875–1905
Simple title A Dream of Wings
Authors Tom Crouch
Date 1981
Countries US
Languages en
Keywords airplane, Wright Brothers, Octave Chanute, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Aeronautical Navigation Conference at 1893 World's Fair, Abbott Lawrence Rotch, Samuel Cabot, James Means, Otto Lilienthal
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