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Mayday!
- A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils
Engelsk Paperback

Mayday!

- A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils
Engelsk Paperback

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In a world without aircraft, to believe flight might be possible required a certain kind of character. You had to be starry-eyed, a possessor of practical ingenuity, nerves of steel and a level of sanity that would be best described as deficient.

In Mayday!, David Darling tells the stories of the unconventional aviators across history who have been willing to risk all to further their craft. Meet Sophie Blanchard, a balloonist of nervous disposition whom Napoleon charged with organizing balloon displays at all major ceremonies in France. Then there’s the daredevil stuntman Lincoln Beachey, the dogfighter aces of WWI, the man who performed the dance of death – switching planes in mid-air, the real “X-Men” who flew at the edge of space, and the BASE jumpers who want to fly without wings. The cast are eccentric, reckless and extraordinary, and Mayday! is made up of their riveting tales, bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
224
ISBN-13:
9781780744094
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1780744099
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Udg. Dato:
1 okt 2015
Længde:
21mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
130mm
Forlag:
Oneworld Publications
Oplagsdato:
1 okt 2015
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