Mayday! - David Darling

Mayday!

A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2015
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78074-409-4 (ISBN)
10,65 inkl. MwSt
The story of those who looked to the skies and dared to dream of flight
The thrilling stories of those who looked to the skies and dared to dream of flight



'Gripping… dazzling tales of madness and derring do.' Brian Clegg



In a world without aircraft, to believe flight might be possible required a certain kind of character. You had to be starry-eyed, a possessor of practical ingenuity, nerves of steel and a level of sanity that would be best described as deficient.



In Mayday!, David Darling tells the stories of the unconventional aviators across history who have been willing to risk all to further their craft. Meet Sophie Blanchard, a balloonist of nervous disposition whom Napoleon charged with organizing balloon displays at all major ceremonies in France. Then there’s the daredevil stuntman Lincoln Beachey, the dogfighter aces of WWI, the man who performed the dance of death – switching planes in mid-air, the real 'X-Men' who flew at the edge of space, and the BASE jumpers who want to fly without wings. The cast are eccentric, reckless and extraordinary, and Mayday! is made up of their riveting tales, bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly.

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.

Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Wirtschaftsrecht Handelsrecht
ISBN-10 1-78074-409-9 / 1780744099
ISBN-13 978-1-78074-409-4 / 9781780744094
Zustand Neuware
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