The rocket man
Subtitle: and other extraordinary characters in the history of flight
By: David Darling
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781780742977
Subjects: Aeronautics; Air pilots; Flight; Anecdotes; History
Description: The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond astronomer David Darling tells the stories of the true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.
Table of contents: title: The oddest couple in the air; title: Insanity in a pinstripe; title: Black Ace; title: Dances with death; title: Under pressure; title: Flying in the face of reason; title: John Stapp and his incredible sleds; title: The X-Men; title: Hostile skies and amazing leaps; title: Testing to the extreme; title: Break-up at Mach 3; title: Fantastic voyage; title: Jetman; title: Falling hero.