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Magnificent women and flying machines
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- SALLY SMITH is a journalist and writer whose love of life has combined adventurous activities with an impressive career. At 23, she was appointed a foreign correspondent for the Daily Mailand spent time in the far east including Hong Kong and Japan. She went on to work for the BBC News in the UK, for ABC News in Australia; was named Business Writer of the Year and was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship. She has had books published by Michael Joseph, Rigby Books and The History Press.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780750997461
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- The History Press, (01 November 2021)
- Weight
- 604 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 242 x 30 mm
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