The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design

"The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design" by Leonard S. Hobbs is a book explaining the Wright brothers' early 20th-century engine inventions. Published as part of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, the book highlights the engineering achievements made by Wilbur and Orville Wright while creating their revolutionary methods and overcoming the technical issues in their quest for flight. The story begins by placing the Wright brothers' work in historical context and shows them as both dreamers and talented engineers. It discusses how they first became interested in flight and the first steps they took to build their own engines for their planes. Hobbs walks readers through the complexities of their projects and shows how the Wrights moved from ideas to real-world engineering fixes. The book lays the foundation for how planes and aviation changed over the course of history.