Riding the Jetstream :The Story of Ballooning: From Montgolfier to Breitling

By J. Christopher

Ballooning can be both all-absorbing relaxation and high-tech sport. This text tells its amazing story from the Montgolfier brothers to today's riders of the jetstream - the narrow band of fast winds high in the Earth's atmosphere. Fascinating historical byways are glimpsed, from Napoleonic visions of airborne armies to the exploits of Edwardian thrill-seekers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719560519
• ISBN13: 9780719560514
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.0" x 5.8"