Incredible Flying Machines - An Anthology of Eccentric Aircraft - Micael E. Jerram
Here is a world of aviation you'll never seefrom an airport lounge: a world of visions and dreams, pioneer spirit and courage, sealing wax and string. Incredible Flying Machines takes a light-hearted but carefully researched look at Man’s attempts to imitate the birds — from the legendary Icarus to the present day.
This book pays homage to the brave and brilliant schemers who flout aeronautical conventions in pursuit of more imaginative forms of flight, and charts triumph and disaster with equal candour. It spotlights the amazing number of ‘first ever’ flights as well as the considerable number of ‘never-flew-at-all’ contraptions. There are flying machines with no. wings and some with nine; flapping arm fliers and ‘flying flapjacks’, alongside more serious innovations such as balloons, airships and autogiros. From the smallest to the largest, from the oldest to the projects of tomorrow, the extremes of aerial ingenuity are _affectionately portrayed and illustrated by over 100 fascinating photographs.
Many magnificent ideas and achievements have been unjustly neglected by the aircraft establishment, and this book aims to redress the balance. Although perhaps not all the visionary designers and aeronauts have been superhuman, with Incredible Flying Machines you'll believe a man can fly!
Marshall Cavendish Limited 1980
ISBN: 0-85685-835-8
Condition: Extremely Good, with signs of age on the dustcover
MB (History)
Here is a world of aviation you'll never seefrom an airport lounge: a world of visions and dreams, pioneer spirit and courage, sealing wax and string. Incredible Flying Machines takes a light-hearted but carefully researched look at Man’s attempts to imitate the birds — from the legendary Icarus to the present day.
This book pays homage to the brave and brilliant schemers who flout aeronautical conventions in pursuit of more imaginative forms of flight, and charts triumph and disaster with equal candour. It spotlights the amazing number of ‘first ever’ flights as well as the considerable number of ‘never-flew-at-all’ contraptions. There are flying machines with no. wings and some with nine; flapping arm fliers and ‘flying flapjacks’, alongside more serious innovations such as balloons, airships and autogiros. From the smallest to the largest, from the oldest to the projects of tomorrow, the extremes of aerial ingenuity are _affectionately portrayed and illustrated by over 100 fascinating photographs.
Many magnificent ideas and achievements have been unjustly neglected by the aircraft establishment, and this book aims to redress the balance. Although perhaps not all the visionary designers and aeronauts have been superhuman, with Incredible Flying Machines you'll believe a man can fly!
Marshall Cavendish Limited 1980
ISBN: 0-85685-835-8
Condition: Extremely Good, with signs of age on the dustcover
MB (History)
Here is a world of aviation you'll never seefrom an airport lounge: a world of visions and dreams, pioneer spirit and courage, sealing wax and string. Incredible Flying Machines takes a light-hearted but carefully researched look at Man’s attempts to imitate the birds — from the legendary Icarus to the present day.
This book pays homage to the brave and brilliant schemers who flout aeronautical conventions in pursuit of more imaginative forms of flight, and charts triumph and disaster with equal candour. It spotlights the amazing number of ‘first ever’ flights as well as the considerable number of ‘never-flew-at-all’ contraptions. There are flying machines with no. wings and some with nine; flapping arm fliers and ‘flying flapjacks’, alongside more serious innovations such as balloons, airships and autogiros. From the smallest to the largest, from the oldest to the projects of tomorrow, the extremes of aerial ingenuity are _affectionately portrayed and illustrated by over 100 fascinating photographs.
Many magnificent ideas and achievements have been unjustly neglected by the aircraft establishment, and this book aims to redress the balance. Although perhaps not all the visionary designers and aeronauts have been superhuman, with Incredible Flying Machines you'll believe a man can fly!
Marshall Cavendish Limited 1980
ISBN: 0-85685-835-8
Condition: Extremely Good, with signs of age on the dustcover
MB (History)