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Summary: Traces the history of humankind's attempts to shrug off the shackles of gravity and take to the air.
Author : Harold Rabinowitz
Publisher : MetroBooks (NY)
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781567993813
Summary: Traces the history of humankind's attempts to shrug off the shackles of gravity and take to the air.
Author : Larry E. Tise
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 32,82 MB
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0230100600
The nail-biting account of the Wright brothers' secret flights at Kitty Hawk and their unexpected rise to fame Despite their great achievements following their first powered flights in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright still enjoyed virtual anonymity until 1908. In seven crucial days in May of that year, however, the eyes of the world were suddenly cast upon them as they sought lucrative government contracts for their flying technology and then had to prove the capabilities of their machines. In these pivotal moments, the brothers were catapulted into unwanted worldwide fame as the international press discovered and followed their covert flight tests, and reported their every move using rudimentary telegraphs and early forms of photography. From the brothers' rise to fame on the historic Outer Banks, to the quickly expanding role of the world press and the flights' repercussions in war and military technology, Tise weaves a fascinating tale of a key turning point in the history of flight.
Author : Alexander Rose
Publisher : Random House
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0812989996
The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg. “Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien, The New York Times At the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germany’s Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin vied with the Wright Brothers to build the world’s first successful flying machine. As the Wrights labored to invent the airplane, Zeppelin fathered the remarkable airship, sparking a bitter rivalry between the two types of aircraft and their innovators that would last for decades, in the quest to control one of humanity’s most inspiring achievements. And it was the airship—not the airplane—that led the way. In the glittery 1920s, the count’s brilliant protégé, Hugo Eckener, achieved undreamed-of feats of daring and skill, including the extraordinary Round-the-World voyage of the Graf Zeppelin. At a time when America’s airplanes—rickety deathtraps held together by glue, screws, and luck—could barely make it from New York to Washington, D.C., Eckener’s airships serenely traversed oceans without a single crash, fatality, or injury. What Charles Lindbergh almost died doing—crossing the Atlantic in 1927—Eckener had effortlessly accomplished three years before the Spirit of St. Louis even took off. Even as the Nazis sought to exploit Zeppelins for their own nefarious purposes, Eckener built his masterwork, the behemoth Hindenburg—a marvel of design and engineering. Determined to forge an airline empire under the new flagship, Eckener met his match in Juan Trippe, the ruthlessly ambitious king of Pan American Airways, who believed his fleet of next-generation planes would vanquish Eckener’s coming airship armada. It was a fight only one man—and one technology—could win. Countering each other’s moves on the global chessboard, each seeking to wrest the advantage from his rival, the struggle for mastery of the air was a clash not only of technologies but of business, diplomacy, politics, personalities, and the two men’s vastly different dreams of the future. Empires of the Sky is the sweeping, untold tale of the duel that transfixed the world and helped create our modern age.
Author : Kacey Ezell
Publisher : Theogony Books
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 37,47 MB
Release : 2024-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1648552870
She’ll Conquer Every Sky If It Means Saving Her Child… Pearl Silver was happy. She had a good job teaching young nurses. She was married to a good man who loved her. She had a son who made her proud every day. Most of the time, her memories of her time fighting in the skies over Europe remained a distant part of her past. Something she was proud to have done, but that time was over. Her life twenty years later was very different, and she didn’t have much reason to tap into her psychic power—or to stay in touch with her old comrades in arms. But when her son signs up to fight for his country in Vietnam, it puts a strain on her perfect life. And when her baby boy goes missing, Pearl doesn’t question what she has to do. Twenty years ago, Pearl went to war at the behest of her nation. This time, she’s going to war to find her son. And she will leave no sky unconquered.
Author : Rob Skogs
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 2010-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 145355999X
Lucifer the Conquering Sky Is a work that details some of the secrets of our worlds relegion that will astound you.This book explains the origins of life in our world and where we came from in a combination of spiritual and scientific ideaology. Much of the information in this book has been kept secret for centuries. It has been forbidden fruit. If you ever got stuck wondering the answers to all those questions you hear about Life and Relegion,Reincarnation,and the true purpose of our world then you need to read this. This book will make a believer out of you when you see actual proof that a man has lived before in another lifetime.
Author : Felix Long
Publisher : Felix Long
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 18,46 MB
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0995353727
The Nameless One... lies but does not rest... dreams but does not wake... waits but does not tire The Lost Tomb of the First Emperor of China is about to be discovered. But the Emperor is a powerful Taoist sorcerer who discovered the Elixir of Life and drank too deep. He sleeps in his mighty tomb, guarded by rivers of mercury, Terracotta Warriors, and a Quicksilver Dragon ready to rise again and resume his quest; to conquer heaven.
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Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 23,51 MB
Release : 1973
Category : American periodicals
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Author : Hudson Maxim
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 35,54 MB
Release : 1915
Category : United States
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Author : James Ramsey Ullman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 1988-04-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0064470482
The Citadel It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father. At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life. And so, taking his father's red shirt as a flag, he heads off to face the earth's most challenging peak. But before Rudi can reach the top, he must pass through the forbidden Fortress, the gaping chasm in the high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end. Rudi has followed Josef's footsteps as far as they will take him. Now he must search deep within himself to find the strength for the final ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner in the sky. His father died while trying to climb Switzerland's greatest mountain -- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself.
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Page : 592 pages
File Size : 44,53 MB
Release : 1914
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