"JET BLAST and the hand of fate" by John Ackroyd, foreword by Richard Noble, 2007 First Edition, published by Redline, hard cover with dust wrapper, 288 pages, well illustrated in b&w and colour, 11 1/4" x 9" x.1 1/4" thick and weighs 4 lbs or 1.8 kgs.
"John Ackroyd, design engineer extraordinaire, has been a key man in a
mad mix of land speed and long distance balloon record attempts,
including the first supersonic land speed record. This book gives a
fantastic insight into the frustrations, tragedies and triumphs of
record breaking. It describes battles against the odds, the whims of
the weather, the constraints of time and money, and the often strange
intervention of fate. Project Thrust, Virgin Atlantic, Pacific and
global balloons, Earthwinds, Thrust SSC, Spirit of American, rocket
motorcycle, rocket dragster, wheel-driven record breakers and
water speed attempts are all here. The story is told by the man who
provided solutions, innovations, design and real problem solving which
were major contributions to the record breaking achievements on land,
sea and air in the last quarter of the 20th Century."
The book is new and remains unmarked and in
mint condition in all respects.
The dust wrapper (not price clipped) is also mint.
A BRAND NEW example of this LAND SPEED RECORD and balloons book!
Fixed proper packing and postage, US$8.00 within Australia and AIRMAIL anywhere else for US$52.00, (but less for surface mail and for New Zealand). I shall happily combine lots to reduce postage costs. Insurance is available and you can see from my feedback that I'm regarded as a careful packer and a prompt shipper etc.
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