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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... built to suffer the outrages of regular, low-altitude weather. He expected to get around the world like this? In this? I got to chatting with one of the ground staff and was just about to comment, not too favorably, on. In. Memory. of.
... built to suffer the outrages of regular, low-altitude weather. He expected to get around the world like this? In this? I got to chatting with one of the ground staff and was just about to comment, not too favorably, on. In. Memory. of.
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... built a temple to Apollo and secured the patronage of the local king. When Minos finally tracked him down Daedalus, with his patron's assistance, murdered him. Of course, it's just a story. But it comes from somewhere. The people who ...
... built a temple to Apollo and secured the patronage of the local king. When Minos finally tracked him down Daedalus, with his patron's assistance, murdered him. Of course, it's just a story. But it comes from somewhere. The people who ...
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... built like a grizzly bear; with him gone, the balloon was about 200 pounds lighter. Once more, and for the final time, it rocketed into the air. I watched the sea fall away beneath me; seconds later, fog enveloped everything. “The last ...
... built like a grizzly bear; with him gone, the balloon was about 200 pounds lighter. Once more, and for the final time, it rocketed into the air. I watched the sea fall away beneath me; seconds later, fog enveloped everything. “The last ...
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... there are too many for us to dismiss them altogether. Long before the Montgolfiers built their first balloon, people risked their lives in pursuit of the dream of flight. two Lighter than Air Scratched upon Peru's vast, barren Nazca.
... there are too many for us to dismiss them altogether. Long before the Montgolfiers built their first balloon, people risked their lives in pursuit of the dream of flight. two Lighter than Air Scratched upon Peru's vast, barren Nazca.
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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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