Bibliograph

Reach for the skies, ballooning, birdmen and blasting into space, Richard Branson

Type

Label

Reach for the skies, ballooning, birdmen and blasting into space, Richard Branson

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reach for the skies

Responsibility statement

Richard Branson

Sub title

ballooning, birdmen and blasting into space

Summary

In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired me throughout my life. In these pages you will find accounts of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of my own adventures. It 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 very first scheduled commercial flight in the world, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet. 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

Target audience

general

Classification