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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... aviation pioneer, were friends. Fumio Niwa was a gallant and charming rival as we strove to balloon across the Pacific. In 2006, I climbed aboard an English Electric Lightning supersonic jet with the South African pilot Dave Stock. We ...
... aviation pioneer, were friends. Fumio Niwa was a gallant and charming rival as we strove to balloon across the Pacific. In 2006, I climbed aboard an English Electric Lightning supersonic jet with the South African pilot Dave Stock. We ...
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... aviation is sustained by a very old-fashioned spirit of sportsmanship, and I was looking forward to shaking my rival's hand. When I arrived and saw the balloon, however, incredulity pushed every other thought out of my head: what madman ...
... aviation is sustained by a very old-fashioned spirit of sportsmanship, and I was looking forward to shaking my rival's hand. When I arrived and saw the balloon, however, incredulity pushed every other thought out of my head: what madman ...
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... aviation—the real history of aviation—is limitless and, for the most part, unrecorded. In this book I want to tell you my version of the history of flight—the story that matters to me. It's about the people who have inspired me, and it ...
... aviation—the real history of aviation—is limitless and, for the most part, unrecorded. In this book I want to tell you my version of the history of flight—the story that matters to me. It's about the people who have inspired me, and it ...
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... aviation, and because of this, flying fills me with excitement. If this book makes your air journeys just a little bit more magical, just an edge more miraculous, then I will have done my job. The skies are full of wonders. This has ...
... aviation, and because of this, flying fills me with excitement. If this book makes your air journeys just a little bit more magical, just an edge more miraculous, then I will have done my job. The skies are full of wonders. This has ...
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... is one of the most profound and important movies about aviation ever committed to film. No small claim, that. The film is, after all, a simple adventure story, transferring to cinema an equally simple (and equally gripping) novel by the.
... is one of the most profound and important movies about aviation ever committed to film. No small claim, that. The film is, after all, a simple adventure story, transferring to cinema an equally simple (and equally gripping) novel by the.
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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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