The Great American Jet Pack
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The Great American Jet Pack
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Author : Steve Lehto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Great American Jet Pack written by Steve Lehto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
A history of jet packs and related devices, explaining how the technology arose, how it works and why we don’t have them in our garages today.
Military Review
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Military Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Military art and science categories.
Jetpack Dreams
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Author : Mac Montandon
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Release Date : 2008-10-28
Jetpack Dreams written by Mac Montandon and has been published by Da Capo Press, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-28 with Social Science categories.
A hilarious pop-socio-cultural history of the greatest invention that never was, the jetpack, and a participatory journey through the bizarre subculture of jetpack enthusiasts in search of a working model
The Rocketbelt Caper
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Author : Paul Brown
language : en
Publisher: Superelastic
Release Date : 2012-08-07
The Rocketbelt Caper written by Paul Brown and has been published by Superelastic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-07 with True Crime categories.
A True Tale of Invention, Obsession and Murder. When three men set out on a quest to build a real-life Buck Rogers-style flying machine, their obsession with the Rocketbelt 2000 shattered their friendship and set in motion an astonishing chain of events involving theft, deception, assault, a bizarre kidnapping, a ten million dollar lawsuit and a horrifically brutal murder.
Great American Vacations For Travelers With Disabilities
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language : en
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Release Date : 1994
Great American Vacations For Travelers With Disabilities written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with People with disabilities categories.
Turbine Powered Personal Flight System
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language : en
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Theology Of The New Testament
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Author : Udo Schnelle
language : en
Publisher: Baker Academic
Release Date : 2009-11
Theology Of The New Testament written by Udo Schnelle and has been published by Baker Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11 with Religion categories.
For a few decades, jet packs seemed to be everywhere: on Gilligan’s Island, Lost in Space, Thunderball, and even the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics. Inventors promised we’d all be flying with them now, enabling us to zoom around effortlessly in the sky and getting us to work without traffic jams and trains. What happened to the jet pack? In The Great American Jet Pack, Steve Lehto gives us the definitive history of this and related devices, explaining how the technology arose, how it works, and why we don’t have them in our garages today. These individual lift devices, as they were blandly labeled by the government men who financed much of their development, answered man’s desire to simply step outside and take flight. No runways, no wings, no pilot’s license were required. Soaring through the air with the wind in your face and landing anyplace there was room to stand—could this be done? Yes, it could be, and it was. But the jet pack was perhaps the most overpromised technology of all time. From the rocket belt to the jet belt to the flying platform and all the way to Yves Rossy’s 21st-century free flights using a jet-powered wing, this book profiles the inventors and pilots, the hucksters and cheats, the businessmen and soldiers who were involved with these machines. And it finally tells a great American story of a technology whose promise may, one day, yet come to fruition.
Great American Drives Of The East
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Author : Fodor's
language : en
Publisher: Fodor's
Release Date : 2004-05
Great American Drives Of The East written by Fodor's and has been published by Fodor's this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05 with Travel categories.
Whether it's a weekend getaway or a cross-country road trip, these driving guides ensure that the fun is in getting there.
Lexisnexis Corporate Affiliations
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language : en
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Release Date : 2004
Lexisnexis Corporate Affiliations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Corporations categories.
Jet Set
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Author : William Stadiem
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2014-06-03
Jet Set written by William Stadiem and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with History categories.
In October 1958, Pan American World Airways began making regularly scheduled flights between New York and Paris, courtesy of its newly minted wonder jet, the Boeing 707. Almost overnight, the moneyed celebrities of the era made Europe their playground. At the same time, the dream of international travel came true for thousands of ordinary Americans who longed to emulate the “jet set” lifestyle. Bestselling author and Vanity Fair contributor William Stadiem brings that Jet Age dream to life again in the first-ever book about the glamorous decade when Americans took to the skies in massive numbers as never before, with the rich and famous elbowing their way to the front of the line. Dishy anecdotes and finely rendered character sketches re-create the world of luxurious airplanes, exclusive destinations, and beautiful, wealthy trendsetters who turned transatlantic travel into an inalienable right. It was the age of Camelot and “Come Fly with Me,” Grace Kelly at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco, and Mary Quant miniskirts on the streets of Swinging London. Men still wore hats, stewardesses showed plenty of leg, and the beach at Saint-Tropez was just a seven-hour flight away. Jet Set reads like a who’s who of the fabulous and well connected, from the swashbuckling “skycoons” who launched the jet fleet to the playboys, moguls, and financiers who kept it flying. Among the bold-face names on the passenger manifest: Juan Trippe, the Yale-educated WASP with the Spanish-sounding name who parlayed his fraternity contacts into a tiny airmail route that became the world’s largest airline, Pan Am; couturier to the stars Oleg Cassini, the Kennedy administration’s “Secretary of Style,” and his social climbing brother Igor, who became the most powerful gossip columnist in America—then lost it all in one of the juiciest scandals of the century; Temple Fielding, the high-rolling high priest of travel guides, and his budget-conscious rival Arthur Frommer; Conrad Hilton, the New Mexico cowboy who built the most powerful luxury hotel chain on earth; and Mary Wells Lawrence, the queen bee of Madison Avenue whose suggestive ads for Braniff and other airlines brought sex appeal to the skies. Like a superfueled episode of Mad Men, Jet Set evokes a time long gone but still vibrant in American memory. This is a rollicking, sexy romp through the ring-a-ding glory years of air travel, when escape was the ultimate aphrodisiac and the smiles were as wide as the aisles. Praise for Jet Set “Aeronautics history, high times from the 1950s and ’60s, incredibly versatile name-dropping (from Mrs. John Jacob Astor to Christine Keeler of the Profumo scandal) and Sinatra’s ‘Come Fly With Me’ as a kind of theme song [all] connected to the glamorous days of air travel.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “What a book William Stadium has written. . . . The Kennedys, the Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, and early financiers like Eddie Gilbert are dealt with in depth. . . . I lived intimately through it all in the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s and I am yet to find a mistake in author Stadiem’s amazing book. Order it now. All the players are here.”—Liz Smith, syndicated columnist “William Stadiem sexes up the glory days of aviation in Jet Set. Fly me!”—Vanity Fair “William Stadiem’s Jet Set takes you where no modern airliner can: to a time . . . when the means of travel was as exotic as the destination, and sometimes more so.”—Town & Country