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A remarkable story filled with dreamers, inventors, scoundrels, and pioneering pilots, First to Fly recounts North Carolinas significant role in the early history of aviation. Beginning well before the Wright brothers first powered flight at Kill Devil Hill in 1903, North Carolinians labored at the cutting edge of aviation technology from the late 1800s through World War I. North Carolina was a launching ground for real and imaginary ballooning adventures as early as 1789. Powered experiments, including what seems to have been Americas first airplane, gained momentum in the late nineteenth century. Tar Heel mechanics and inventors also built a dirigible and, arguably, the worlds first successful helicopter.Tom Parramores account of the Wrights experiments and turn-of-the-century Dare County provides new information on the crucial role of Outer Bankers in ensuring the Wrights success. Without this aid, he argues, it is unlikely that the miracle of flight would have first been achieved in 1903--or in America. After 1903, growth in the new aviation industry, spurred by World War I, outpaced North Carolinas ability to play a major role. But the state produced some of the most notable airmen and women of the era, furnishing hundreds of pilots to the war effort.While First to Fly will certainly appeal to aviation buffs and devotees of North Carolina history, it is also a fascinating tale of American ingenuity, bravery, and determination.--American HistoryA delight of Thomas C. Parramores First to Fly is its . . . dependence on character and tale to offer engaging history. . . . Parramore has discovered a buried North Carolina aviation legacy.--Clyde Edgerton, Raleigh News & ObserverParramore easily achieves his goal of convincing the reader that North Carolina and North Carolinians played a considerable role in the early history of flight.--Thomas D. Crouch, Senior Curator, National Air and Space MuseumA century after the Wright brothers first powered fli
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