Title The rocket man : and other extraordinary characters in the history of flight / David Darling.

Publication Info.

London : Oneworld Publications, 2013.

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Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction	629.13 DARLING	Check Shelf
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	629.1309 DAR	Storage
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	629.13 D249	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	629.13 DARLING	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	629.1309 DAR	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	629.13 DARLING	Check Shelf
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Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	629.13092 DA	Check Shelf

Description	xvi, 195 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index.
Contents	The oddest couple in the air -- Insanity in a pinstripe -- Black Ace -- Dances with death -- Under pressure -- Flying in the face of reason -- John Stapp and his incredible sleds -- The X-Men -- Hostile skies and amazing leaps -- Testing to the extreme -- Break-up at Mach 3 -- Fantastic voyage -- Jetman -- Falling hero.
Summary	The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond astronomer David Darling tells the stories of the true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and, sometimes, startling folly.
Subject	Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809.
	Blanchard, Marie-Madeleine-Sophie Armand, 1778-1819.
	Beachey, Lincoln, -1915.
	Collishaw, Raymond, 1893-1976.
	Locklear, Ormer Leslie, 1891-1920.
	Post, Wiley, 1898-1935.
	Hughes, Howard.
	Stapp, John P. (John Paul), 1910-
	Kittinger, Joe, 1928-
	Weaver, Bill, 1930-
	Rutan, Dick.
	Yeager, Jeana.
	Yeager, Chuck, 1923-2020
	Rossy, Yves, 1959-
	Corliss, Jeb, 1976-
	Air pilots -- Anecdotes.
	Aeronautics -- History -- Anecdotes.
	Flight -- History -- Anecdotes.
ISBN	9781780742977
	1780742975
	9781780742984 (eISBN)

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