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Some interesting aviation history mixed with personal stories of Branson's adventures. It was also interesting to read some of the background behind the new Virgin Galactic flights.
Branson does a good enough job at telling the history of aviation the way he sees it, but sadly this billionaire businessman isn't an especially talented writer. It isn't streamlined, darts through and back in time at Rich's whiff. I only read it cause as a student pilot who isn't really keen on the history of aviation and the industry in general, I wanted to get excited about flying, which this book has done, to some degree; personally, I got what I needed out of it. But it's fun if you're into...
Deep personal experiencesExcruciating details of personal details and key moments in the hisof aviation. Whilst the book is an easy read it is somewhat too detailed in parts.
A brief history of aviation!
"Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen, and Blasting into Space"by Richard BransonReviewed on 22 March 2021This is another one of Richard Branson's books which I thought was only mediocre. For such a successful and brilliant person, I was not overly interested in his books. He seems to be a good story teller, but not a well-versed writer. If you love to know about the history of aviation and anything airborne, this may be the book for you. I was hoping to get more out of this book, but that m...
Inspiring, if a little scientifically dubious on occasion.
Living at the start of the second decade of the twenty-first century, it's easy to take for granted the ability to fly and go back and forward into space.In "Reach For the Skies", Sir Richard Branson tells the stories of pioneers in the aeronautical industry — a category he falls into through his ballooning adventures and the founding of Virgin Galactic. Starting with how people throughout history dreamed of flying, before they succeeded in balloons. Eventually the Wright brothers launched aviat...
Really an excellent read, discussing the history of flight and the author's experience in hot air balloons and fixed wing aircraft. He sprinkles history with his own experiences, he gives a lot of insight to his "jumps and build your plane on the way down" style of management and investment philosophy. Branson also discusses his future plans for space travel. Although he skips around, probably due to his dyslexia and ADD, he has a lot of anecdotes making the book a fun read.
I enjoyed this book; it summarised the history of flight pioneers very well, and was quite enjoyable. Hats off to the adventurers who were daring enough to get us where we are.
The book narrates the history of aviation through the eyes of Sir Richard Branson. It's a seamless blend of facts(sometimes fatal) and life stories of the author that finally makes us appreciate the idea of flying to our destinations at will. Yes, it used to be an idea once! :D
Richard Branson writes both his experiences and personal observations. This book take readers to peek at the future of aviation on the time of writing.
Richard Branson takes us through the history of flight with a personal touch. All of the experience he accumulated either through his world-breaking adventures or his business endeavours in aviation guide the reader through the earliest and most rudimentary forms of flight up to the space age and beyond. It is a thrilling collection of stories about visionaries, inventors, dreamers, legends, men and women who through their sacrifices (sometimes even through their ultimate sacrifice) have defined...
While Branson's view of the future is overly optimistic and the mentions of the companies in the Virgin group get old, the stories of the pioneers of the aviation are fascinating. It's easy to forget the courage, ingenuity and foresight that has brought us modern miracles.The sense of striving is infectious, and is a reminder that the human race is capable remarkable feats.
A wonderfully told story of flight, I really enjoyed learning more about the early days of flight and all the sacrifices made by people that loved it. It is exciting to see how far so many gifted and passionate humans have gotten in this field but even more to see where the pioneers of flight are taking us soon.
Inspirational book filled with a amazing stories of aviation.
This book shows the revolution of flight by mankind added with Richard's own experiences. It gets a bit historic on the first few chapters, written in the simplest context with interesting sketches and images throughout. Nonetheless, a great read for aviation enthusiasts.
I have always been curious why Sir Richard Branson would involve himself in risky adventures given his relative financial stability. This book answered those questions. He does appear to be a true visionary and his assocation with Bert Ruttan, Steve Fossett, and Brian Binnie confirms this. Time will tell if ordinary folk are prepared to lay out incredible amounts to travel into space.
Yeah, sure he is a pompous ass, but this history of flight had some interesting characters / anecdotes that were new to me. Fairly good read.....
This book was very historically informative and interesting. Sir Richard Branson is a very clever, interesting and inspiring man who has achieved great things. He is so cool and made the history of flying sound cool too.Guess who wants to go on a trip into space now! Yes, that's right. Me. It is a pity I don't have the money to fly into space. A very inspiring read written by a very inspiring person.
This book takes us for a deep dive into aviation history. Stories about experiments even before the Wright Brothers are quite interesting. From ballooning to space travel, there is so much to know from this industry.Sir Richard's personal experiences are also very exciting and inspiring.
