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THE BALLOON FACTORY
THE STORY OF THE MEN WHO BUILT BRITAIN'S FIRST FLYING MACHINES |
| By: |
Alexander Frater |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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£11.38 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0330433105 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780330433105 |
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| Publisher: |
PAN MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
4 July, 2008 |
| Pages: |
243 |
| Description: |
A book about a small, largely forgotten group of young men who, early in the twentieth century, competed to build and fly Britain's first aeroplane. It features the Balloon Factory, a cathedral-sized shed overlooking Farnborough Common, and its most celebrated occupant, the remarkable Sam Cody. |
| Synopsis: |
Alexander Frater's new book is about a small, largely forgotten group of young men who, early in the twentieth century, competed to build and fly Britain's first aeroplane. At the heart of his story lies the Balloon Factory, a cathedral-sized shed overlooking Farnborough Common, and its most celebrated occupant, the remarkable Sam Cody. It was he, a long-haired, gun-toting Texan ex-cowboy - barely literate, yet describing himself as 'a playwright' - who, in October 1908, finally won the race.Frater, described by the "Independent" as 'the most engaging of all living travel writers', goes in search of the pioneers and, in a work that is part history and part journey, picks up - for example - the Cody trail in Farnborough. He visits the hillside above Blair Atholl where John William Dunne tested his extraordinary machine, near Scarborough; discovers the stately home in which Sir George Cayley, a millionaire Yorkshire MP, invented the science of aeronautics, and, at Brooklands begins to wonder if the first-flight crown was, in fact, handed to the wrong man.Frater's richly described and wonderfully anecdotal journey brings those magnificent men - the rock stars of their time - and the places they knew vibrantly to life. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Picador |
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