Gliding
Publisher: Crowood Press, Limited, The; The Crowood Press
Published: June 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781861264145
Subjects: Gliding; Sports & Recreation; Sports; General; GLIDING AND SOARING; Sports & Recreation / Air Sports; Air Sports
First sentence: Although balloons had taken to the air by 1786, and blown away in the wind much as they have done ever since, it took nearly seventy years before steerable and navigable balloons, known as dirigibles, became a reality.
Description: 176 p., [8] p. of plates : 25 cm