The great American jetpack : the quest for the ultimate individual lift device
Lehto, Steve2013
Book
In The Great American Jet Pack, Steve Lehto gives us the definitive history of this and related devices, explaining how the technology arose, how it works, and why we don’t have them in our garages today.
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Edition:
First edition.
Imprint:
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2012]
Collation:
234 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.Flying Shoes and Hovering Platforms -- 2.The Hiller and de Lackner Flying Platforms -- 3.The Age of Man Rockets -- 4.The Quest for the Rocket Belt -- 5.Wendell F. Moore and the Bell Rocket Belt -- 6.The Rocket Belt Flies -- 7.The Bell Rocket Men -- 8.The Sud Ludion and the Pogo -- 9.William P. Suitor: Rocket Man -- 10.The Jet Flying Belt -- 11.The WASP -- 12.The WASP Gets Kinesthetic Control: The WASP II -- 13.The Rocket Belt Returns -- 14.The Pretty Bird Saga -- 15.Civilian Rocket Belts -- 16.The Modern Rocket Belt in the Public Eye -- 17.Ducted Fan Lift Devices -- 18.Hal Graham -- 19.Jetlev -- 20.Jetman: Yves Rossy -- 21.When Will We Have Jet Packs?.
ISBN:
1613744307 (hardback)9781613744307 (hardback)
Dewey class:
629.14
LC class:
TL717.5
Language:
English
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BRN:
117426
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 629.14 LEHT | Available |