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Apr 26, 2012
Wilbur Wright, Hockey, and the History of Flight
Publication: Transportation and Development Institute Congress 2011: Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow
Abstract
The Wright Brothers' invention changed the way we live and air travel has transformed our world. It is a fascinating story on how an injury in a hockey game changed Wilbur Wright's career plans. This paper relates the story and how his career evolved with his brother to build bicycles and then develop the airplane and an aircraft manufacturing company.
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Transportation and Development Institute Congress 2011: Integrated Transportation and Development for a Better Tomorrow
Pages: 205 - 212
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© 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Aerospace engineering
- Air transportation
- Aircraft and spacecraft
- Airports and airfields
- Bicycles
- Business management
- Engineering profession
- Flight
- Highway transportation
- History
- History and Heritage
- Industries
- Infrastructure
- Manufacturing
- Organizations
- Practice and Profession
- Professional development
- Transportation engineering
- Vehicles
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931.E-mail: [email protected]
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