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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     MacDonald, Terrance W.     Subjects     Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.     Airplanes -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century.     Airplanes -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- Flight testing -- History -- 20th century.     Aeronautics -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Aeronautical engineers -- Canada -- Biography.     Aerospace engineering -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- History -- 20th century.     Inventors -- Canada -- Biography.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      MacDonald, Terrance W.       by title:      Firsts in flight : A...       by call number:      629.1300971 B433m     Search the Web     MacDonald, Terrance W.     Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.     Airplanes -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century.     Airplanes -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- Flight testing -- History -- 20th century.     Aeronautics -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Aeronautical engineers -- Canada -- Biography.     Aerospace engineering -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- History -- 20th century.     Inventors -- Canada -- Biography.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

Firsts in flight : Alexander Graham Bell and his innovative airplanes / Terrance W. MacDonald. by MacDonald, Terrance W. Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2017. Call #: 629.1300971 B433m Subjects Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922.   Airplanes -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- Design and construction -- History -- 20th century.   Airplanes -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- Flight testing -- History -- 20th century.   Aeronautics -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.   Aeronautical engineers -- Canada -- Biography.   Aerospace engineering -- Nova Scotia -- Baddeck -- History -- 20th century.   Inventors -- Canada -- Biography.   Inventors -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781459504783 (pbk.) Description:  96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Alexander Graham Bell and his team of innovative young engineers created groundbreaking new technologies during three years of furious activity in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, in the early 1900s. The knowledge and skills of this group allowed them to innovate flight technologies which have continued to be fundamental to aircraft design. Bell's unique group of engineers, a mechanical specialist and a military officer, built over twenty airplanes, which incorporated many new sophisticated technological developments. Bell's well-known Silver Dart was only one of a long line of his team's experimental airplanes. The aircraft, the people, and the communities who participated with Bell in his mission to construct a reliable and secure flying machine. Over the years the group started to lose members, and when the Canadian government refused to purchase aircraft based on Bell's experiments the reconfigured group folded. Meanwhile, one group member left to found a major aircraft manufacturing operation in the US. Bell's team carefully documented all their work, and as a consequence there are hundreds of compelling photos from this era. The book includes 60+ of these images. Terrance W. MacDonald is also the author of The Black Box: Dead Pilots Don't Talk. He is a retired airline captain and lives in Sydney, Cape Breton. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 629.1300971 B433m Adult books Item hold expired   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 629.1300971 B433m Core Collection - Adult Checked out Jun 19, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Local History Collection 629.1300971 B433m Non-circulating Local History Room - Central Library, 4th Floor   Add Copy to MyList

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