Author: Steve Lehto
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613744331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine—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 historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. 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. But the history of the jet pack did not follow its expected trajectory and the devices that were thought to become as commonplace as cars have instead become one of the most overpromised technologies of all time. This fascinating account profiles the inventors and pilots, the hucksters and cheats, and the businessmen and soldiers who were involved with the machines, and it tells a great American story of a technology whose promise may yet, one day, come to fruition.
The Great American Jet Pack
Author: Steve Lehto
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613744331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine—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 historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. 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. But the history of the jet pack did not follow its expected trajectory and the devices that were thought to become as commonplace as cars have instead become one of the most overpromised technologies of all time. This fascinating account profiles the inventors and pilots, the hucksters and cheats, and the businessmen and soldiers who were involved with the machines, and it tells a great American story of a technology whose promise may yet, one day, come to fruition.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613744331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Tracing the remarkable history of a certain kind of flying machine—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 historical account delves into the technology that made these devices possible and the reasons why they never became commercial successes on a mass scale. 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. But the history of the jet pack did not follow its expected trajectory and the devices that were thought to become as commonplace as cars have instead become one of the most overpromised technologies of all time. This fascinating account profiles the inventors and pilots, the hucksters and cheats, and the businessmen and soldiers who were involved with the machines, and it tells a great American story of a technology whose promise may yet, one day, come to fruition.
The Hunting Grounds of the Great West
Author: Richard Irving Dodge
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Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Category : Hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Ice and Refrigeration
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Category : Cold storage
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Category : Cold storage
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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The Record Stockman ... Annual Edition
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Category : Livestock
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Category : Livestock
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Bulletin
Author: Missouri. State Dept. of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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Country Life
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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The School
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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The American Exporter
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Category : Commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Workers of the Nation
Author: Gilson Willets
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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The Story of Kansas City
Author: Kate L. Cowick
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Category : Kansas City (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : Kansas City (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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