Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers

Author: Michael Abrams
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1400054923

Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers: Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them

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Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals-the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.

People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the dawn of history. They've made wings of feather and bone, leather and wood, canvas and taffeta, and thrown themselves off the highest places they could find. Theirs is the world's first and still most dangerous extreme sport, and its full history has never been told.

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Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals-the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.

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