Beyond Kitty Hawk : Inventing Flight at Huffman Prairie Flying Field

Wilbur and Orville Wright's four successful flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina convinced them they had solved the fundamental problem of human flight. But the two bicycle makers returned to their Dayton, Ohio home knowing that more work lay ahead. They had yet to unlock the remaining secrets that would enable them to fly with precision and travel longer distances. The brothers transformed an 84-acre cow pasture into the world's first airfield. Today, this National Historic Landmark is known as Huffman Prairie Flying Field. Here, in 1904 and 1905, the Wrights mastered the principles of controlled, powered flight, and developed the world's first practical airplane.Fraterrigo, Elizabeth is the author of 'Beyond Kitty Hawk : Inventing Flight at Huffman Prairie Flying Field', published 2002 under ISBN 9781888213980 and ISBN 1888213981.