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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... of the ground staff and was just about to comment, not too favorably, on. In. Memory. of. Steve. Fossett. “Elevating photography to the height of art”: Nadar caricatured in. Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Introduction.
... of the ground staff and was just about to comment, not too favorably, on. In. Memory. of. Steve. Fossett. “Elevating photography to the height of art”: Nadar caricatured in. Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Introduction.
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... height where the surrounding air is thinner. At that point, you'll stop rising. The only way to go higher is to lose some weight—in other words, to throw something out of the balloon. That something (sandbags, lead weights, unpopular ...
... height where the surrounding air is thinner. At that point, you'll stop rising. The only way to go higher is to lose some weight—in other words, to throw something out of the balloon. That something (sandbags, lead weights, unpopular ...
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Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space Richard Branson. “Elevating photography to the height of art”: Nadar caricatured in 1862. Peru's ancient Nazca Lines make sense only from the air—so.
Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space Richard Branson. “Elevating photography to the height of art”: Nadar caricatured in 1862. Peru's ancient Nazca Lines make sense only from the air—so.
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... height you normally reach in a hot-air balloon is nowhere near great enough. Few complain. They're too taken up with another strange and very beautiful optical illusion: the earth, far from falling away at the edges, seems to be curving ...
... height you normally reach in a hot-air balloon is nowhere near great enough. Few complain. They're too taken up with another strange and very beautiful optical illusion: the earth, far from falling away at the edges, seems to be curving ...
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... heights— Himalayan Sherpas and the folk of remote villages in the Andes—have bred over generations an enviable ability to handle a lower-than-usual level of oxygen. Let's climb another 9,000 feet. We're at less than two thirds the height ...
... heights— Himalayan Sherpas and the folk of remote villages in the Andes—have bred over generations an enviable ability to handle a lower-than-usual level of oxygen. Let's climb another 9,000 feet. We're at less than two thirds the height ...
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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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