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Mayday! - A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils (Paperback)
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Mayday! - A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils (Paperback)
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In a world without aircraft, to believe flight might be possible
required a certain kind of character. You had to be starry-eyed, a
possessor of practical ingenuity, nerves of steel and a level of
sanity that would be best described as deficient. In Mayday!, David
Darling tells the stories of the unconventional aviators across
history who have been willing to risk all to further their craft.
Meet Sophie Blanchard, a balloonist of nervous disposition whom
Napoleon charged with organizing balloon displays at all major
ceremonies in France. Then there's the daredevil stuntman Lincoln
Beachey, the dogfighter aces of WWI, the man who performed the
dance of death - switching planes in mid-air, the real "X-Men" who
flew at the edge of space, and the BASE jumpers who want to fly
without wings. The cast are eccentric, reckless and extraordinary,
and Mayday! is made up of their riveting tales, bizarre
contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling
folly.
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