Ballooning, The Complete Guide to Riding the Winds

Wirth, Dick - Young, Jerry

Published by Marshall Editions, London, 1980

About this Item

The world of hot-air ballooning, stunningly photographed and vividly described. - Two hundred years of flight. Man's oldest dream becomes a high-tech adventure - Where to buy and fly. And how to make a working Montgolfiere of paper - Far out flying. - Exploits over the Atlantic, the Alps, the Pyramids - Sportsmen in the clouds. The adventurous ways balloonists settle their scores - The science and the art. How balloons of all shapes and sizes are built and flown - Airships - past, present and future - The pioneers, the champions, the record-holders 168 p. many photos and illustrations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ballooning, The Complete Guide to Riding the Winds
• Publisher: Marshall Editions, London
• Publication Date: 1980
• Binding: Softcover, large format
• Condition: very good condition