Rocket Man: And Other Extraordinary Characters in the History of Flight - Darling, David
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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 true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly. Discover outrageous attempts to fly like a bird and fall from the edge of space. Meet Napoleonic ballooniste Sophie Blanchard and her daredevil husband; the real ¿X-Men¿ who flew the supersonic experimental ¿X-planes¿ for the US Air Force; stuntman Lincoln Beachey,…mehr

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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 true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly. Discover outrageous attempts to fly like a bird and fall from the edge of space. Meet Napoleonic ballooniste Sophie Blanchard and her daredevil husband; 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 in 2006 was the first person to cross the English Channel using a jet-pack. Eccentric and reckless, Darling¿s daring cast of dreamers is guaranteed to entertain and inspire.
Autorenporträt
David Darling is a science writer and astronomer. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling Equations of Eternity, and the popular online resource The Worlds of David Darling. With Dirk Schulze-Makuch he wrote Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End. He lives in Dundee, Scotland.