Mark R. Wagner Boeken

Who starts a journey without knowing where it will finish? Who lands without brakes, falls over, and is delighted and eager to do it again? Today's balloon pilots! This stunning color album reveals the beauty, excitement and joy of ballooning, from the Sahara to Antarctica. Competition flying, special shapes, ballooning clubs, model hot air balloons, exotic flying, showmen, films and stunt flying are brought vividly to life. Coverage also includes record breakers, the singletons, the birth of propane man, and the science of ballooning. This lavishly illustrated, lighter-than-air journey covers every aspect of ballooning.

This is a visual tour of the jet carriers of the 60s and 70s still in service around the world, many of them due for permanent grounding due to new noise regulations. It includes Boeing 707s, Douglas DC-8s, Caravelles, Convair CV-990 Coronadoes and Tupolev Tu-134s, classic models once found in every major airport but now used only by third division carriers in Africa, South America and Eastern Europe.