The balloon factory : the story of the men who built Britain's first flying machines /

• Main Author: Frater, Alexander, 1937- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London : Picador, 2008.
• Subjects: Cody, S. F. > (Samuel Franklin), > 1861-1913.; Dunne, J. W. > (John William), > 1875-1949.; Cayley, George > Sir, > 1773-1857.; Αεροναυπηγική > Ιστορία > Μεγάλη Βρετανία.; Χειριστές αεροσκαφών > Μεγάλη Βρετανία.

"Alexander Frater's book is about a small, largely forgotten group of young men who, early in the twentieth century, competed to build and fly Britain's first aeroplane. At the heart of his story lies the Balloon Factory, a cathedral-sized shed overlooking Farnborough Common, and its...