REACHING FOR THE SKIES. Tapa dura - 1988

Hardback. Like New.

BBC Books., 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Price clipped. Raffles Bookstore Norfolk. All orders normally despatched within one working day. We will gladly supply further images or more information if required. Discounts available for multiple orders

BBC Books, 10/20/1988. Hardcover. Used; Good. **WE SHIP WITHIN 24 HRS FROM LONDON, UK, 98% OF OUR ORDERS ARE RECEIVED WITHIN 7-10 DAYS. We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! Greener Books.

London: BBC. Very Good/Very Good. 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Sm 4to 0563206802 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Brown cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Illustated end papers. No ownership inscription. Numerous Colour & b/w Photographs. 288 pages clean and tight. Heavy book no extra postage will be asked for despatch within UK. Reaching for the Skies is the dramatic and entertaining story of many of this century's most colourful adventurers. It shows how, thanks to the dreams, courage and inspiration of a few hundred people, the aeroplane has developed from a Heath Robinson contraption of wooden struts and fabric into a machine of steel and aluminium that can circle the Earth in 100 minutes or reach out into space. From the first manned flight in a balloon in 1783 and Orville Wright's first 12-second powered flight in an aeroplane in 1903 to the X-15 and Concorde in the 1960s and the Shuttle in the 1980s, it is a story of pilots and planemakers who have taken up… Leer más

BBC Worldwide Americas. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: BBC Books. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 260mm x 200mm (10" x 8"). 288pp. .

BBC Worldwide Americas. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

BBC Books, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust jacket. Colour plates, b&w illustrations, 288pp.

London, England: BBC Books, 1988. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. British First. Some edge wear to dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with both black and white and colour photographs as well as colour reproductions of paintings; base on a BBC television series of the same name..

BBC Books, London, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Reaching for the Skies is the dramatic and entertaining story of many of this century's most colourful adventurers. It shows how, thanks to the dreams, courage, and inspiration of a few hundred people, the aeroplane has developed from a Heath Robinson contraption of wooden struts and fabric into a machine of steel and aluminium that can circle the Earth in 100 minutes and reach our into space.From the first manned flight in a balloon in 1783 and Orville and Wilbur Wright's first 12-second in an aeroplane in 1903 to the X-15 and Concorde in the 1960s and the Shuttle in the 1980s, it is a story of pilots and plane makers who have taken up the challenge of flight and conquered the skies. Brave men rub shoulders with hucksters, greed competes with patriotism, technical genius joins hands with the spirit of adventure. War inevitably plays an important part in the story, as do luck and vision, as one technological… Leer más