By Julie Hedgepeth Williams Publisher: NewSouth Books ISBN: 978-1-58838-282-5 Seeing the cover art and title of this book you may be wondering why I am reviewing something that has little to do with aviation. Well… I could say that it was intercontinental jet travel that killed Europe-US sea travel so we owe this to its… Continue reading A Rare Titanic Family – The Caldwells’ Story of Survival
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Author of book on Wright Brothers' flight school will speak also at YOUR event
Everyone knows the Wright Brothers spent some quality time in North Carolina and Ohio. But few people know they spent an important semester in Alabama. In 1910, Wilbur came South, looking for a place to start the nation’s first civilian flying school. In January of 1910, the Wrights’ patents had grounded all airplanes in the… Continue reading Author of book on Wright Brothers' flight school will speak also at YOUR event
Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910
By Julie Hedgepeth Williams Publisher: NewSouth Books ISBN-13: 978-1588381682 When stepping aboard an aircraft these days, few passengers spare a thought to the many visionary people who have made the wonder of safe and affordable air travel possible. Even giants like Orville and Wilbur Wright are fading in people’s memories. Stretching the matter a bit… Continue reading Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910