Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (895 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1617230030 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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28) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. . Into the soaring, crashing, and burning, Branson inserts his own extreme-ballooning adventures—"I opened the hatch, climbed out on top of the capsule, and hacked away at the cable with my knife"—and much interesting lore of aero-space design. From Publishers Weekly The Virgin Atlantic Airlines founder and billionaire adventurer celebrates the exploits of airborne daredevils—his own prominently among them—in this lively history of aviation pioneers. Photos. All rights reserved. (Apr. Like everything the author does, the book is, in part, an advertisement ("Over the years, pioneered comfortable reclining seats"). Branson ranges from the Montgolfier brothers' 1783 invention of the hot-air balloon to today's nascent space tourism industry—tickets on his Virgin Galactic space liner will run ,000—h
Enjoyable, Readable Ride into the Sky There are a lot of aviation history books, and if you are really interested in the subject many of them are much better than this one. But so many of them are a little dry, and this has something unique - Branson's voice. "My version of the history of flight Everything in this book is true enough--but it doesn't try to tell the whole story." It is an enjoyable, readable ride focusing as the subtitle states on balloons, birdmen and space. Like early barnstormers (or Wernher von Braun appearing on Disney TV shows) the story is part sales pitch. Can. "Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space. Entrepreneurial look at the history of conquering the skies!!" according to Aistis Zidanavicius. Today is science fiction of yesterday and tomorrow is science fiction of today.Hot air balloons, zeppelins, bird-men, first attempts to fly, parachutes, first planes, first airlines, spaceships, trips to the space, future of air travelling and much much more you will be able to know going through the pages of Reach For The Skies.Reach For The Skies is a beautifully written history of the evolution of the men's attempts, fails and successes to conquer the skies. The author of the book is my favorite billionaire Sir Richard Branson. As he loves to . five star rating John Sisk Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into SpaceRichard BransonI received the book on time and it was in good condition.It is a great book and full of good points.A great addition to my personal library.
His Virgin Galactic venture will soon offer ordinary people the opportunity to experience spaceflight aboard the first commercial spaceliner, SpaceShipTwo. In Reach for the Skies, Branson examines the history of aviation over the last two hundred years, putting the spotlight on trailblazers such as: *Tony Jannus, who made the first ever commercial flight over Tampa Bay, Florida, in 1914. *Leo Valentin, the "bird man" who jumped from 9,000 feet wearing a pair of wooden wings in the 1950s. One of the world's most famous business leaders (and a well-known avian fanatic) explores the pioneers of flight. *Steve Fossett, who broke 130 world records in planes, balloons, and airships. To promote a new Virgin Airlines rou
Sir Richard Branson is a hugely successful international entrepreneur, adventurer and icon, and is chairman of the Virgin Group. . He lives on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands and is married with two grown-up children. His autobiography, Losing My Virginity, and his books on business, Screw It, Let's Do It and Business Stripped Bare, are all international bestsellers