The Dawn of Aviation in the Middle East: The First Flying Machines over Istanbul

The Dawn of Aviation in the Middle East: The First Flying Machines over Istanbul

The dawn of aviation in the Middle East began in 1909, six years after the Wright brothers' renowned flight on the coast of North Carolina. The reports of local journalists of these flights provide a unique insight into the impression that they made on those who witnessed them. Here, Leiser foc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Air power history 2005-07, Vol.52 (2), p.26-41
1. Verfasser: Leiser, Gary
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aircraft
Aviation
Balloon flight
Flight crews
History
Journalism
Military aviation
News media
Ottoman Empire
Vehicular flight
Weather
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Zusammenfassung:The dawn of aviation in the Middle East began in 1909, six years after the Wright brothers' renowned flight on the coast of North Carolina. The reports of local journalists of these flights provide a unique insight into the impression that they made on those who witnessed them. Here, Leiser focuses primarily on the reports in the leading Turkish newspapers and secondarily on those in "foreign" newspapers.
ISSN:1044-016X