The man with his head in the clouds : James Sadler : the first Englishman to fly
Smith, Richard O.2014
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This is the story of how an uneducated Oxford pastry cook became the first Englishman to fly, in a self-built balloon powered by primitive, and potentially lethal, hydrogen. Despite taking off in force 8 gales, crashing into hills and plopping into the Irish Sea, James Sadler became a rare pioneering aeronaut to survive such perilous ascents.
Main title:
The man with his head in the clouds : James Sadler : the first Englishman to fly / Richard O. Smith.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Signal Books, 2014.Oxford : Signal Books, 2014.
Collation:
x, 236 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781909930018 (hbk)
Dewey class:
629.13322920 SAD
Language:
English
BRN:
1169524