Amvik eBook Solutions

Highlights many obscure scientists and inventors, with special focus on the Wright brothers, on the road to manned flight.

Looks at the accomplishments of early women aviators and describes the obstacles they had to overcome to become flyers

No single human invention has transformed war more than the airplane—not even the atomic bomb. Even before the Wright Brothers’ first flight, predictions ab

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight, Gutman delivers the fictional diary of a boy who helps the Wrights' build their flyi

Follows the careers of early fliers, including the Wright brothers, Louis Bleriot, Glenn Curtiss, Anthony Fokker, and Igor Sikorsky, and describes the impact of