Title: The rocket man
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.
Subjects: Aeronautics, Air pilots, Flight, Anecdotes, History, Aeronautics, history
People: Ormer Leslie Locklear (1891-1920), Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand Blanchard (1778-1819), Joe Kittinger (1928-), John P. Stapp (1910-1999), Howard Hughes, Raymond Collishaw (1893-1976), Lincoln J. Beachey (1887-1915), Jeb Corliss (1976-), Bill Weaver (1930-), Wiley Post (1898-1935), Chuck Yeager (1923-), Dick Rutan, Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809), Yves Rossy (1959-), Jeana Yeager