tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post7670106706821831919..comments2024-01-30T07:43:33.927-08:00Comments on The Ninja Librarian: Audiobook review: The Wright BrothersRebecca M. Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-75730815196393099512018-01-23T21:40:46.009-08:002018-01-23T21:40:46.009-08:00So much to learn, so little time... :DSo much to learn, so little time... :DRebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-36055891967563247382018-01-23T21:40:26.840-08:002018-01-23T21:40:26.840-08:00That would be cool. Until I read this book, I neve...That would be cool. Until I read this book, I never actually understood where and what Kitty Hawk was.Rebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-60924483435896216672018-01-22T21:41:06.059-08:002018-01-22T21:41:06.059-08:00Sounds like an interesting book. I certainly don&#...Sounds like an interesting book. I certainly don't know anything beyond what we were taught in general history.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-9549309761976862982018-01-22T14:09:07.820-08:002018-01-22T14:09:07.820-08:00We visited the Outer Banks site/museum and talked ...We visited the Outer Banks site/museum and talked at great length with one of the docents. It's an amazing place. Xyra Silverleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842466753806936933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-87987345488701293302018-01-22T10:00:08.322-08:002018-01-22T10:00:08.322-08:00It is interesting! Those guys left a pretty major ...It is interesting! Those guys left a pretty major paper trail, so there's a lot of information about how and why they got where they got, and insights into the problems they had to overcome. Rebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-12595544361106828892018-01-22T09:58:48.845-08:002018-01-22T09:58:48.845-08:00Yeah, he's not awful, but I've heard reade...Yeah, he's not awful, but I've heard readers who do so much more to bring it to life. By the end, I was more used to his fairly flat style, and appreciated that he wasn't over-dramatizing. And his voice is fine, not annoying like the other one I referenced!Rebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-90839084631326215762018-01-22T09:57:39.955-08:002018-01-22T09:57:39.955-08:00Yes, I think I misspoke about the $$--they were th...Yes, I think I misspoke about the $$--they were the only ones who had to actually EARN the money they spent--they were, if not precisely working-class (they owned and ran their own bike shop, which did well enough to hire someone to manage it while they were off flying), middle-class at best. McCullough did talk about the European flyers--they were the main competition for the title of "first." I'm not so sure if the Wrights were that concerned about being first, but they did want to make it a successful commercial venture (it's not completely clear in the book, or maybe in their letters and journals, if that was the original motivation, or if curiosity drove them into it and practicality made them want to monetize it. They did file patents early and often).<br /><br />I was also surprised to find out how long glider flight had been around before them, though they spent the first year or two mastering that before moving on to motors. Rebecca M. Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07260530063164127746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-75507295196933194252018-01-22T07:15:50.355-08:002018-01-22T07:15:50.355-08:00Thank you for the review. I want to find this in p...Thank you for the review. I want to find this in paper form. I'm not a big fan of NF (usually takes me years to get through one), but this seems very interesting.<br />~XyraXyra Silverleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842466753806936933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-76146710905893053512018-01-22T04:41:01.668-08:002018-01-22T04:41:01.668-08:00Too bad that the author wasn't so good at read...Too bad that the author wasn't so good at reading this. That can make an audio book so much more enjoyable. I like history so may check this out, especially if I can get back to listening to books like you.Natalie Aguirrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03756087804171246660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52364159500107393.post-79811323261430749862018-01-22T01:40:11.307-08:002018-01-22T01:40:11.307-08:00LOL Singing in the Rain reference!
As you know I ...LOL Singing in the Rain reference!<br /><br />As you know I am interested in the history of aviation, but I wonder whether the author's assertion that the Wrights were the only pioneers to be self-funded means that the tale is told from an exclusively US viewpoint? Certainly the French, Germans (proto-Germans?) and French were working on it, both with government funding (or patronage) and from enthusiastic amateurs (ok, often with rich papas, but sometimes just like all the other middle-class enthusiasts of the time) No, working class didn't have time or resources to self-fund themselves.<br /><br />But everyone is quite happy that the Wright Brothers few minutes of self-powered flight was the success that went on to much greater developments.<br /><br />I was surprised to find Cayley's glider the other day though (as noted in the start of last week's flash fiction), which flew 54 years before the Wright brothers!Jemima Petthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110647375899927233noreply@blogger.com