«THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT IS FLIGHT»

Abstract

[For the English abstract and full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].McCullough David. The Wright Brothers. Trans. from English. Moscow, Alpina Non-Fiction publ., 2017, 338 p. ABSTRACT The book of the twice Pulitzer Prize winner narrates with biographical and historical details about the destiny of two sons of the American Bishop of Ohio who «secretly» built their flying machine. Being owners of a modest bicycle workshop and not having a technical education, they designed and tested the world’s first manned airplane - after making four flights with a man on board in December 1903, their «Flyer» dramatically changed the course of Earth’s history, laid the foundation for the era of aviation technology, airspace of our planet. Keywords: airplane, aviation, Wright brothers, history, biography, dream embodiment.