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Running Time:
09:02:40
Zip file size:
254MB
Catalog date:
2022-09-02
Read by:
Ciufi Galeazzi
Book Coordinator:
Ciufi Galeazzi
Meta Coordinator:
J. M. Smallheer
Proof Listener:
Lynette Caulkins

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Wikipedia - Fred Kelly

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The Wright Brothers

Fred Kelly (1882 - 1959)

This is a biography of the Wright Brothers as told by the American humorist and newspaperman Fred Kelly, a personal friend of the Wrights. It is described in reviews as "fascinating and highly readable." - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

Genre(s): Poetry, Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Prologue Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:02:08
Play 01 Ch. 1 Boyhood Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:22:47
Play 02 Ch. 2 Background Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:15:23
Play 03 Ch. 3 Printing - And Bicycles Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:25:51
Play 04 Ch. 4 First Thoughts of Flight Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:21:16
Play 05 Ch. 5 Gliding at Kitty Hawk Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:42:33
Play 06 Ch. 6 First Power Flight Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:46:11
Play 07 Ch. 7 After the Event Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:12:19
Play 08 Ch. 8 Experiments of 1904-05 Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:30:39
Play 09 Ch. 9 It Still Wasn't "News" Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:13:44
Play 10 Ch. 10 U.S. Army Not Interested Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:30:30
Play 11 Ch. 11 Europe Discovers the Wrights Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:45:54
Play 12 Ch. 12 The Wrights in Europe Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:20:21
Play 13 Ch. 13 A Deal With the U.S. Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:31:14
Play 14 Ch. 14 End of Disbelief Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:10:47
Play 15 Ch. 15 When Wilbur Wright Won France Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:35:21
Play 16 Ch. 16 Further Adventures in 1909 Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:21:35
Play 17 Ch. 17 In Aviation Business Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:30:10
Play 18 Ch.18 Patent Suits Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:20:46
Play 19 Ch. 19 Why the Wright Plane was Exiled, Part 1 Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:40:27
Play 20 Ch. 19 Why the Wright Plane was Exiled, Part 2 Ciufi Galeazzi
 00:22:44