- Title : Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales From The Sky
- Author : Lyons Press
- Rating : 4.73 (743 Vote)
- Publish : 2015-1-27
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 352 Pages
- Asin : 1592284817
- Language : English
And man's experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors, to be shared by kindred spirits as well as the curious sorts who have wanted to know, "What was it like up there?"In THE GREATEST FLYING STORIES EVER TOLD, editor Lamar Underwood has collected some of the finest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, to lay bare the drama of human b
And man's experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors, to be shared by kindred spirits as well as the curious sorts who have wanted to know, "What was it like up there?"In THE GREATEST FLYING STORIES EVER TOLD, editor Lamar Underwood has collected some of the finest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, to lay bare the drama of human beings coping with the skills needed to direct their machines through the vastness of the skies. Gann, General Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos, Tom Wolfe, Mary Lovell, Richard Bach, Rinker Buck, Diane Ackerman, Derek Robinson, and more.. They made three other flights the same day, the final lasting 59 seconds for a distance over the ground of 852 feet. The world would never be the same after that day. At 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. Mankind was finally off the ground in powered flight. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance less than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet. With contributions from: Charles Lindbergh, Ernest K"Another in Lyons Press's first-rate greatest stories series."--The Tampa TribuneAfter I finish reading this book, I will certainly get a hold of some of the books from which the excerpts in this book origin. Ever page brings a smile to your face and more than a few of these projects are likely to cause you to gasp outright at the sheer beauty and the skill that is on view.Paper artists, prop makers, art teachers, designers, and makers of all stripe are likely to find endless inspiration in these pages. All the stereotypical nightmarishness of the British public school system is carefully shunted aside as possible cause for Fry’s ill-behavior. Just what we were looking forbut it was missing 4 pages! Hopefully we won't need those pages!. But these stories are so lame, I could barely keep my eyes open. Luckily, the text accounts for only a few early pages. Still love Stephen Fry!!. Well known designer. For Wasserman, this is a departure from previous books. This different direction makes for a highly readable edition. It's a very pleasant read and I highly recommend it to anybody fascinated by aviation. This is a helpful book. Love that the design
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