Description
| Product ID: | 9780750997461 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Magnificent Women and Flying Machines |
| Subtitle: | The First 200 Years of British Women in the Sky |
| Authors: | Author: Sally Smith |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Collected biographies, European history, Military history, Gender studies: women and girls, Aircraft and aviation, Collected biographies, British & Irish history, Military history, Gender studies: women, Aircraft: general interest |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Balloons, parachutes, aeroplanes, gliders, airships –the extraordinary personal tales of the women who led the way in early British aviation! Just eighteen months after two Frenchmen made the world’s first ever flight, a fearless British woman hopped into a flimsy balloon and flew across the London sky for nearly an hour. Since then, many other remarkable British women have decided to defy traditional society and follow their dreams to get into the sky. Magnificent Women and Flying Machines tells the stories of the pioneers who achieved real firsts in various forms of aviation: in ballooning, parachuting, gliding, airships and fixed-wing flight – right up to a trip to the International Space Station! Full of entertaining adventure mixed with a wealth of new information, this is a proper record of Britain’s wonderful women of the air. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-11-01 |