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A review by bupdaddy
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
4.0
Really enjoyed this one. McCullough does a great job of showing why the Wright Brothers succeeded and what their accomplishment meant.
December 17, 1903 wasn't that important a day for the brothers - sure, it was a smashing success, but they really saw what they did on a continuum, and overall mastery of the air came later over fields near Dayton, Ohio. If the Wright Brothers had declared their project done when they flew at Kitty Hawk, they'd not be remembered as the inventors of the airplane. Nor should they have been. What was more important than getting off the ground on one windy day was being able to get off the ground in many kinds of conditions, repeatably, and getting where one wanted in the air.
Anyway, good book. Good feels.
December 17, 1903 wasn't that important a day for the brothers - sure, it was a smashing success, but they really saw what they did on a continuum, and overall mastery of the air came later over fields near Dayton, Ohio. If the Wright Brothers had declared their project done when they flew at Kitty Hawk, they'd not be remembered as the inventors of the airplane. Nor should they have been. What was more important than getting off the ground on one windy day was being able to get off the ground in many kinds of conditions, repeatably, and getting where one wanted in the air.
Anyway, good book. Good feels.