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Description
Well - illustrated with scores of historical prints and photographs, this excellent book will take you up in the air, through vivid first - hand accounts, fascinating facts and anecdotes about ballooning.
Characteristic
| Book cover finish | Canvas finish, Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special features | Slightly damaged dust jacket, Handwritten notes |
| Condition | Old, like new |
| Number of pages | 180 |
| Published date | 1973 |
| Languages | English |
| Belgian Aviation | Yes |
| Size | 15 x 22 x 2 cm |
| Author | Don Dwiggins |
| Editor | HAWTHORN BOOKS, INC. |
Description
This dramaticaly illustrated history of ballooning covers the full span of achievement fom the early experiments of the Montgolfiers in 1738 up to the present. The reader embarks on a thrilling adventure as he rides the often fickle and treacherous winds with some of the greatest, most daring ballonists of all time - Pilatre de Rozier, Jean - Pierre Blanchard, Madame Thible, Etienne Gaspard Robertson, Charles Ritchel, John Wise, Monck Mason, Jean and Jeannette Piccard, and Captain W. Kittinger, Jr. - to name just a few.
( ... ) In this comprehensive account the author not only explores ballooning as an adventurous sport but also describes the important scientific and military uses of balloons over almost two centuries. ( ... )
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