The Unwelcome Assistant: Edward C. Huffaker and the Birth of Aviation
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1570721505 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Book by Hensley, Steven, Hensley, Julia
Teaching the Wrights to Fly Robert Huffaker 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 Kitty Hawk chronicles his key role in the development of aviation. The Unwelcome Assistant is a compelling and enlightening book.. "Five Stars" according to Amazon. Unbelievable story about a lost hero in the aviation world
Gilbert TaylorCopyright © American Library Association. Rescuing this figure from obscurity, the authors admirably refrain from overplaying his significance. 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. In any event, the authors credit Huffaker with a crucial insight about flight (that the Bernoulli effect explains a wing's