Today in 1903: the beginning of powered flight took place in North Carolina

Today in 1903, the Wright Brothers made the flight that changed the world. It’s just one of the tales in an excellent, collector’s copy of a history of North Carolina aviation, on sale for the holidays:

Parramore, Thomas C., First to Fly: North Carolina and the Beginnings of Aviation (University of North Carolina Press, 1st ed., 1st printing, 2002). ISBN 0-8078-2676-6. A noted North Carolina historian presents the state’s role in flight, from Jules Verne’s Robur building a death zeppelin in an extinct Rutherford County volcano (Master of the World, 1904), to the major travel center Charlotte-Douglas International Airport has become. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Octavo, 372 pp. HBB price: $25.

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