As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the
skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the
modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach.
They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries,
dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even
dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, and funded
them, and flown with them. I admire them, and trust them, and I think they and
their kind are our future.
In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories
and people who have inspired me. These are tales of miraculous rescues; of
records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival,
including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of
air (and space) travel. This is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes
the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers. But I also want to
describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers -- people like Tony Jannus, who
in 1914 created the world's first scheduled commercial flight, flying his
passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet; the
‘bird man’ Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden
wings attached to his shoulders; and my friend, Steve Fossett, who dedicated
his life to breaking records and having adventures.
This is their story. It is also, in a small way, my own.
This book is great. U should buy 1 for yourself. It only
RM37.
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