Jetpack Dreams One ManAEs Up and Down (But Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was
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Jetpack Dreams chronicles the colorful pop history and science of that most amazing and mysterious of machines: the jetpack. Fueled by a fascination and lifelong obsession with the power of flight, journalist Mac Montandon goes on a vastly entertaining search of the elusive invention. He examines the jetpack's inspiration from the first shoulder-mounted wings to Bill Suitor's 1984 Olympic flight, even uncovering a gruesome jetpack-related murder in Houston. From the earliest days of the 'pack to its enduring role in popular culturewith Buck Rogers, James Bond, Boba FettMontandon seeks to answer two simple questions: Where is the jetpack that was promised to him, and to all of us, years ago? And if it's out there, can he catch a ride?
Book information
ISBN: | 9780306818349 |
Publisher: | Da Capo Books |
Imprint: | Da Capo Press |
Pub date: | 22 Dec 2009 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 288 |
Weight: | 340g |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 153mm |
Spine width: | 25mm |