Bird Dream Adventures at the Extremes of Human Flight

Name: Bird Dream Adventures at the Extremes of Human Flight
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ISBN: 9781594204654

ISBN-10: 1594204659

ISBN-13: 9781594204654

Edition: 2014

Authors: Matt Higgins

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A gripping chronicle of skydivers, BASE jumpers, and the latest aerial pioneers on the edgeHuman flight is one of the last great challenges on Earth. Not like how the Wright brothers flew, but how we fly in our dreams.This is the goal of the Wingsuit Landing Project: to soar through the sky at speeds up to 100 mph, over distances up to four and a half miles, and to land without the aid of a parachute. At least half a dozen groups around the globe have taken part, from France, South Africa, Australia, Russia, and Britain to the United States. This project is the creation of thirty-seven-year-old adrenaline-seeking Jeb Corliss, Jr., a Southern Californian who seeks to emulate a mode of flight…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/31/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 292
Size: 6.60" wide x 9.50" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

MATT HIGGINS is a freelance journalist whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Popular Mechanics, Outside, and ESPN the Magazine. He lives near Buffalo, New York with his wife and their sons. @ByMattHiggins www.matt-higgins.com