Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space [signed by Joe Kittinger]

Craig Ryan [Joe Kittinger]

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Language: English

Published by U.S.A.: Smithsonian Books, 2003

1588341410 / 9781588341419

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Hardcover with DJ. White spine and sky blue paper over boards. Pictorial DJ. Binding and pages in excellent condition. DJ with mylar protector. 301 pages. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2003. Complete number line indicating first printing. Signed on the half title page by Capt. Joe Kittinger. Kittinger is a Air Force Colonel and test pilot who (mind-bogglingly) spent much of the late 1950s and early 1960s riding balloons up to the very edge of space and then leaping out. He held records for highest balloon ascent, highest free-fall, and several others among the most extreme aviation records of the pre-spaceflight era. While this book is primarily about Nick Piantanida, Kittinger is often mentioned. (Craig Ryan assisted Kittinger in writing his own autobiography in 2011 - there are no signed copies of that available). Scarce.

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Title
Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space [signed by Joe Kittinger]
Author
Craig Ryan [Joe Kittinger]
Publisher
U.S.A.: Smithsonian Books
Publication year
2003
Condition
Near Fine
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Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1588341410
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9781588341419
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