When people think of the first airplane, they think of the Wright brothers — but there was another man who beat them to the ...

Crouch, Tom D. 2003. First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane. Washington. D.C.: National Park Service. In Handbook (United States ...

Arnel J. Cronkhite and his aeorplane at a 1911 automobile show in Cedar Rapids. One of the features of the March 13, 1911, automobile show was the flying machine invented and built by Cronkhite.

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Enter the Wrights -- Prophets with some honor -- Teachers and first lessons -- Hitting a wall -- "We now hold all the records!" -- Ambiguous success -- Return to Dayton -- Into the world -- Noon into ...