The book, First Flight: The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Airplane, tells the fascinating story of who the Wright Brothers were and how their experiments lead to the first recorded flight of a heavier-than-air powered airplane.  The author makes the case that the invention of the airplane in the early 1900s by Wilbur and Orville Wright profoundly changed the world and became an emblem of our time.  This book takes a look at the importance of the Wright's family, their distinct personalities and the roles their Dayton Ohio laboratories and the North Carolina Outer Banks played in successfully flying the world's first airplane on December 17, 1903.  This book includes the following major sections: 1) Introduction by John Glenn; 2) A World Transformed; 3) Opening the skies; 4) Related Sites; 5) Further Reading and 6) Index.  The World Transformed includes the following sections: 1) Introduction: At Home in the Air; 2) Aviation Chronology; 3) Dreams of Flying and 4) A Century of Flight.  Opening the Skies includes the following sections: 1) The Wright Family of Dayton; 2) Learning to Fly and 3) Perfecting the Airplane.  In addition to an informative narrative, this book includes the following features: 1) Approximately 69 black and white photographs; 2) About 46 color photographs; 3) 5 black and white illustrations; 4) Approximately 25 color illustrations and 5) 2 maps.  This book is 116 pages and is in excellent condition.  The author is Tom D. Crouch with John Glenn (foreword).  Edition published in 2004.