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Aviation in Hampton Roads

Aviation in Hampton Roads

Hardcover

AviationRegional: South

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531612377
ISBN13: 9781531612375
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Oct 26 2005
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Flight has forever thrilled, even when it was believed that humans would never be able to slip the bonds of earth's gravity. However, with the success of balloons as a mode of transportation, man took one step closer to powered, heavier-than-air flight. On December 17, 1903, the first flight by Orville and Wilbur Wright took place in the backyard of Hampton Roads, and the course of history was forever changed. Indeed, aviation has deep roots in the region. Hot-air balloons provided reconnaissance flights here during the Civil War, and manned space flights to the moon were

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