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Riding the Jetstream: The Story of Ballooning: From Montgolfier to Breitling

Door John Christopher

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#326233-XC23
Titel	Riding the Jetstream: The Story of Ballooning: From Montgolfier to Breitling
Auteur	Christopher, John
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : John Murray
Jaar van uitgave	2001
ISBN10	0719560519
ISBN13	9780719560514
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with colour photographs, figures, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Ballooning can be both an all-absorbing hobby and a competitive high-tech sport. Most recently aviation's last great challenge, the nonstop round-the-world voyage has dominated the field. This book tells the story of competitive ballooning, from the Montgolfier brothers of the eighteenth century to today's riders of the jetstream - the narrow band of fast winds high in the Earth's atmosphere. Fascinating historical byways are glimpsed, from Napoleonic visions of airborne armies to the exploits of wealthy Edwardin thrill-seekers. With each technological advance balloonists became increasingly ambitious, taking extraordinary risks to fly further and higher. The pressurized capsule, invented in the 1930s to replace the wicker basket, opened up access to the upper atmosphere. In the 1980s th... (Lees verder)e latest, most thrilling phase in ballooning's history began. Successively millionaire adventures, backyard dreamers and experienced pilots attempted to circum-navigate the globe against overwhelming odds, at times caught up in political intrigue, at others tossed about by violent storms. In the full glare of worldwide media attention some endured humiliating defeats. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones in Breitling Orbiter 3 ultimately made history, yet many colourful figures have made significant contributions to the era of global ballooning.
Pagina's	256
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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