The Unwelcome Assistant: Edward C. Huffaker and the Birth of Aviation
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1570721505 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rescuing this figure from obscurity, the authors admirably refrain from overplaying his significance. All rights reserved. What they reveal is that Huffaker dreamt of flight, constructed models of flying machines, and, as the Wrights did, sought out the era's recognized experts, Samuel Langley and Octave Chanute. The latter two recognized that Huffaker was serious, and Langley even hired him, so why Huffaker abandoned the field after 1901 and returned to his previous occupation (surveying) remains a bit of a mystery. The value of their short
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Teaching the Wrights to Fly Edward Chalmers Huffaker made the first powered (though unmanned) flight while Alexander Graham Bell stood beside him, and he was the first physicist to apply the Bernoulli principle to airplane wing lift. This well-researched history of Huffaker's life and his uneasy relationship with Wilbur and Orville at K. "Five Stars" according to Amazon. Unbelievable story about a lost hero in the aviation world