Adrian Kinnane Papers 1982

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Adrian Kinnane Papers 1982

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Adrian Kinnane is a researcher and manager for historical projects at History Associates Incorporated. The collection contains Kinnane's unpublished manuscript "The Crucible of Flight," which is an in-depth look at what outside influences helped the Wright Brothers become the first to be successful in the quest for flight.

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Wright State University, Special Collections and Archives

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Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Kinnane, Adrian

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Adrian Kinnane is a researcher and manager for historical projects at History Associates Incorporated. Dr. Kinnane has published works on urban police, a history of the DuPont Company, and the Wright brothers' invention of the airplane. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees in history from the University of Maryland in College Park, where he studied US history. Dr. Kinnane also holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. From the guide to the Adrian Kinnane Papers, 1982, (Wright Stat...