Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane

Synopsis

Although the Wright Bros. invented the first airplane, countless inventors like Lilian Todd have improved on their designs, leading to the airplanes we have today. Lilian was relentless in her quest to create a better airplane that could be piloted more intuitively, and after many failures, she succeeded. This is a great book to demonstrate the concept that the engineering design cycle is repeated over and over again to achieve optimal results.