• Buenas Noches, Nuevo México

  Buenas Noches Nuevo México explores Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Silver City, Taos, and Santa Fe, Carlsbad Caverns, White Sands National Monument, the Gila Cliff Dwellings, the International UFO Museum Research Center, hot air ballooning, and more. Jump into your hot air balloon and let's explore the great state of New Mexico. Little ones will discover all the unique sights and attractions this lovely region has to offer. This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting, child-friendly themes. Young readers will cheer as they explore the great state of Nuevo México.

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  Come Up and Get Me: An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 566min

  A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, in 1973, Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a lifelong passion as well as a constant diversion for his imagination during his imprisonment. His primary goal was a solitary circumnavigation of the globe, and in its pursuit he set several ballooning distance records, including the first solo crossing of the Atlantic in 1984. But the aeronautical feats that first made him an American hero had occurred a quarter of a century earlier. By the time Kittinger was shot down in Vietnam, in 1972, his Air Force career was already legendary. He had made a name for himself at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, as a test pilot who helped demonstrate that egress survival for pilots at high altitudes was possible in emergency situations. Ironically, Kittinger and his pre-astronaut colleagues would help propel Americans into space using the world's oldest flying machine - the balloon. Kittinger's work on Project Excelsior - which involved daring high-altitude bailout tests - earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross long before he earned a collection of medals in Vietnam. Despite the many accolades, Kittinger's proudest moment remains his free fall from 102,800 feet during which he achieved a speed of 614 miles per hour. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Christian Rummel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/004465/bk_adbl_004465_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Enduring Love , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 511min

  One windy spring day in the Chilterns Joe Rose's calm, organised life is shattered by a ballooning accident. The afternoon, Rose reflects, could have ended in mere tragedy, but for his brief meeting with Jed Parry. Unknown to Rose, something passes between them - something that gives birth in Parry to an obsession so powerful that it will test to the limits Rose's beloved scientific rationalism, threaten the love of his wife Clarissa and drive him to the brink of murder and madness. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Threlfall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001899/bk_rhuk_001899_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Race to the Stratosphere

  Race to the Stratosphere ab 138.99 € als gebundene Ausgabe: Manned Scientific Ballooning in America. Auflage 1989. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Wissenschaft, Geowissenschaft,

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  Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen and Blasting into Space, Hörbuch, Digital, 166min

  Recorded by Digital Virgin Studios on location at Necker Island. "As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers, and yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. "But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, and funded them, and flown with them. I admire them, and trust them, and I think they and their kind are our future. In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired me. "These are tales of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel. This is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers. "But I also want to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers - people like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the world's first scheduled commercial flight, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just 50 feet; the ‘bird man’ Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden wings attached to his shoulders; and my friend, Steve Fossett, who dedicated his life to breaking records and having adventures. This is their story. It is also, in a small way, my own." --Richard Branson Language: English. Narrator: Richard Branson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000667/bk_rhuk_000667_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen and Blasting into Space , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 535min

  As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, and funded them, and flown with them. I admire them, and trust them, and I think they and their kind are our future. In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired me. These are tales of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel. "This is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers. But I also want to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers - people like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the world's first scheduled commercial flight, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just 50 feet; the ‘bird man’ Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden wings attached to his shoulders; and my friend, Steve Fossett, who dedicated his life to breaking records and having adventures."—Richard Branson ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Adrian Mulraney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/000680/bk_rhuk_000680_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Return: Book IV of Voyagers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 696min

  After more than a century of exploring the stars, Keith Stoner returns to Earth to find that the world he has come back to does not match the one he left. The planet is suffering the consequences of disastrous greenhouse flooding. Most nations have been taken over by ultraconservative religion-based governments, such as the New Morality in the United States. With population ballooning and resources running out, Earth is heading for nuclear war. Stoner, the star voyager, wants to save Earth's people. But first he must save himself from the frightened and ambitious zealots who want to destroy this stranger - and the terrifying message he brings from the stars. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003369/bk_blak_003369_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Sky Rider

  Sky Rider ab 23.99 € als epub eBook: Park Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in the West. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Sachthemen & Ratgeber, Fahrzeuge & Verkehr,

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  Chasing Icarus: The Seventeen Days in 1910 That Forever Changed American Aviation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 691min

  In October of 1910, only four years before the outbreak of World War I, nobody knew whether planes, dirigibles, or balloons would prevail. Within a period of 17 days, this question was on prime display, as the dirigible America tried to cross the Atlantic; huge crowds gathered at horse-racing tracks to watch airplanes race around overhead; and ballooning teams from around the world took off from St. Louis in pursuit of the Bennett International Balloon Cup, given to the balloon that traveled the farthest. The dramatic denouement would stun the country and lay the foundation for the air force. In Chasing Icarus, Gavin Mortimer has plumbed original and primary sources to paint a vivid picture of the launching point of flight, and an indelible portrait of the late-Edwardian world about to explode into war. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Runnette. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009639/bk_adbl_009639_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  The Revolution: A Manifesto , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 319min

  This much is true: You have been lied to. The government is expanding. Taxes are increasing. More senseless wars are being planned. Inflation is ballooning. Our basic freedoms are disappearing.The Founding Fathers didn't want any of this. In fact, they said so quite clearly in the Constitution of the United States of America. Unfortunately, that beautiful, ingenious, and revolutionary document is being ignored more and more in Washington. If we are to enjoy peace, freedom, and prosperity once again, we absolutely must return to the principles upon which America was founded. But finally, there is hope. In The Revolution, Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has exposed the core truths behind everything threatening America, from the real reasons behind the collapse of the dollar and the looming financial crisis, to terrorism and the loss of our precious civil liberties. In this book, Ron Paul provides answers to questions that few even dare to ask. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Craig. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/000107/bk_hach_000107_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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