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Ryan Shook
@ryanshook · Creative Director
The Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903 would go largely unnoticed and unbelieved for five years until their public flight in 1908 near Le Mans, France. Author David McCullough tells the story-behind-the-story of Wilbur and Orville Wright, exploring the forces behind the first manned flight.
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Dan Friedman
@_danfriedman · Data Scientist
Loved the first half of this book and the thrilling story of them successfully building their plane. However, the second half of the book delves a lot into their lawsuits and loads of time to sell their plane...it gets awfully boring. They used to fly dozens of times a day. Then, by the second half of the book, they didn't fly for 2.5 years in a row. Overall… See more
Vishal Agarwal
@vishal1982 · CMO @ Choxi, CEO @ Itsacheckmate.com
An amazing tale of an event and people that truly changed the way mankind operated. Dove so deeply into their thought process, was just wondering how much research must have gone into getting all the details from an era 100 years ago at the time when there was no Twitter / Email / Facebook! Brilliantly written, and paints such a vivid portrait of all the thr… See more