The Airplane - Jay Spenser
The Airplane
How Ideas Gave Us Wings
Jay Spenser
To Donald S. Lopez, 1923–2008
Contents
Introduction
1 Conception: The Thinker and the Dreamer
2 Birth: Wilbur, Orville, and the World
3 Configuration: Shapes and Ideas
4 Fuselage: Of Drums and Dragonflies
5 Wings, Part I: From Box Kites to Bridges
6 Wings, Part II: Cloud-Cutting Cantilevers
7 Empennage: Whale Flukes and Arrow Feathers
8 Flight Controls: The Chariot’s Reins
9 Flight Deck: Cockpits for Aerial Ships
10 ...