THE ROCKET MAN by David Darling ( 9781780742977 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE ROCKET MAN
AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTERS IN THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT

By:

David Darling

Format:

Hardback

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£12.99

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£9.48

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£3.51

ISBN 10:

1780742975

ISBN 13:

9781780742977

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Publisher:

ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS

Pub. date:

3 October, 2013

Pages:

216

Description:

The perfect Christmas gift for all armchair adventurers and skyward dreamers!

Synopsis:

The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history - ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond - David Darling tells the stories of the true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly. Discover outrageous attempts to fly like a bird and fall from the edge of space. Meet Napoleonic ballooniste Sophie Blanchard and her daredevil husband; the real "X-Men" who flew the supersonic experimental "X-planes" for the US Air Force; stuntman Lincoln Beachey, looping-the-loop in a pinstripe suit; and, of course, The Rocket Man himself: Yves Rossy, who in 2006 was the first person to cross the English Channel using a jet-pack. Eccentric and reckless, Darling's daring cast of dreamers is guaranteed to entertain and inspire.

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Imprint:

Oneworld Publications

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