The Rocket Man - Book
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Overview
| And Other Extraordinary Characters in the History of Flight 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 colorful adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly. Discover outrageous attempts to fly like a bird and the secret military planes that never made it off the ground ? including the ?flying pancake? and the plane with thirty wings. Meet Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, before disappearing without trace over the Pacific Ocean; 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 was the first person to cross the English Channel with the aid of a jet-pack. Eccentric and imaginative, reckless and resourceful ? Darling?s daring cast of dreamers is guaranteed to entertain and inspire. |
