Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into SpacePenguin, 28 Apr 2011 - 352 halaman One of the world's most famous business leaders (and a well-known avian fanatic) explores the pioneers of flight. Bestselling author and billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has always been obsessed with the skies. To promote a new Virgin Airlines route, he became the first man to water ski behind a blimp. His Virgin Galactic venture will soon offer ordinary people the opportunity to experience spaceflight aboard the first commercial spaceliner, SpaceShipTwo. In Reach for the Skies, Branson examines the history of aviation over the last two hundred years, putting the spotlight on trailblazers such as: *Tony Jannus, who made the first ever commercial flight over Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1914. *Leo Valentin, the "bird man" who jumped from 9,000 feet wearing a pair of wooden wings in the 1950s. *Steve Fossett, who broke 130 world records in planes, balloons, and airships. The pioneers of flight-not just the world-famous Wright Brothers, but also lesser known visionaries and dreamers-made it possible for any of us with the desire and the commitment to reach for the skies ourselves. |
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... attempting to break the world vertical speed record, rising from a standstill on the runway to an altitude of 29,000 feet in less than 102 seconds. We missed the record by only 2 seconds, and Dave went on pushing the boundaries. In ...
... attempting to break the world vertical speed record, rising from a standstill on the runway to an altitude of 29,000 feet in less than 102 seconds. We missed the record by only 2 seconds, and Dave went on pushing the boundaries. In ...
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... attempt a solo circumnavigation of the world by balloon. Since we were competitors, and I had not met him before, I decided to wish him luck and wave him off. To this day, the newfangled world of extreme aviation is sustained by a very ...
... attempt a solo circumnavigation of the world by balloon. Since we were competitors, and I had not met him before, I decided to wish him luck and wave him off. To this day, the newfangled world of extreme aviation is sustained by a very ...
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... attempts. They take their sport seriously, and they don't like being upstaged. Sport ballooning is an absorbing and serious business, and its competitions follow precise, complicated rules. It's no small achievement to fly ten miles in ...
... attempts. They take their sport seriously, and they don't like being upstaged. Sport ballooning is an absorbing and serious business, and its competitions follow precise, complicated rules. It's no small achievement to fly ten miles in ...
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... attempts were about as choreographed and preplanned as balloon flights ever get, and still, under all that anxiety and effort, I got a tremendous sense of joy from being superbly powerless: human chaff, borne who knows where by the wind ...
... attempts were about as choreographed and preplanned as balloon flights ever get, and still, under all that anxiety and effort, I got a tremendous sense of joy from being superbly powerless: human chaff, borne who knows where by the wind ...
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two Lighter than | |
three To Fly Is Everything | |
four The Golden Years | |
five A Great River of Air | |
Part Two Up and Away | |
seven Fanning the Flames | |
eight Above the | |
nine Fast Glass | |
ten Back to the Future | |
Epilogue | |
Afterword | |
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