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      Richard Branson
      Reach for the Skies : Ballooning, Birdmen and Blasting into Space

      2011 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

      As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some h…ave called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But Richard Branson has met many of them. He has worked with them, funded them, and flown with them. He admires them, and trusts them, and thinks they and their kind are our future. In this book Richard Branson looks at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired him throughout his life. In these pages you will find tales of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of his own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air travel . It is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers, but he also wants to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers. People like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the first scheduled commercial flight in the world, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet! The 'bird man' Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden wings attached to his shoulders. And Branson's friend Steve Fossett, who dedicated his life to breaking records and having adventures. This is their story. It is also, in a small way, his own. As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within… our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But Richard Branson has met many of them. He has worked with them, funded them, and flown with them. He admires them, and trusts them, and thinks they and their kind are our future. In this book Richard Branson looks at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired him throughout his life. In these pages you will find tales of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of his own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air travel . It is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers, but he also wants to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers. People like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the first scheduled commercial flight in the world, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet! The 'bird man' Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden wings attached to his shoulders. And Branson's friend Steve Fossett, who dedicated his life to breaking records and having adventures. This is their story. It is also, in a small way, his own.

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      nová
      Vazba: brožovaná
      Počet stran: 368
      Jazyk:  anglicky
      ISBN10: 0753519879
      ISBN: 9780753519875
      Vydání: 1
      Vystaveno: 23. 2. 2025 19:57
      Číslo položky: 1146950

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      Richard Branson

      Richard Branson

      Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson je britský podnikatel a miliardář, známý jako majitel značky Virgin, která zahrnuje více než 400 společností. Branson trpí dyslexií, což mu znesnadňovalo vzdělávání. Pokusy uchytit se na nějaké škole definitivně vzdal v šestnácti letech. Vzápětí začal vydávat časopis pro mládež Student. V roce 1970 otevřel zásilkovou službu s hudebními deskami, o rok později první kamenný obchod. Roku 1972 založil nahrávací firmu Virgin Records, jejímž prvním interpretem se stal mladý multiinstrumentalista Mike Oldfield. Známá je také Bransonem založená letecká společnost Virgin Atlantic. K roku 2021 byla hodnota majetku Richarda Bransona podle časopisu Forbes 5,6 miliardy amerických dolarů. Branson se věnuje rozvoji vesmírné turistiky – jeho firma Virgin Galactic plánuje komerční lety do vesmíru. V červenci 2021 vzlétl v raketoplánu VSS Unity k okraji vesmíru do výšky 86 kilometrů. V tomto článku byl použit překlad textu z článku Richard Branson na anglické Wikipedii.

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