Lichter dan lucht, los van de aarde
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€ 32.06 excl 9% VAT[*]
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Before the very first motorized plane took off in the Netherlands, the Dutch tried to get off the ground for more than a century, using lighter-than-air aircrafts: balloons and airships. The book ‘Lichter dan lucht, los van de aarde’ (Lighter than air, free of the earth) describes (in Dutch language) in detail in 300 pages this impressive but nevertheless largely unknown episode of Dutch aviation history, from the year 1783 to present.
The book is about dreaming romantics who were lured by blue skies and the desire to watch mother earth from above. It’s about the perseverance and determination of Dutch inventors and adventurers who succeeded in defeating gravity. And it’s about passionate persistents who introduced, organized and popularized ballooning in the Netherlands, with the result that these days the blue Dutch skies are regularly enriched with impressive hot air balloons. In addition to historiography, the book also contains background information about the current practice of ballooning.
This luxuriously executed, hard-cover and full-colour reference work contains over 400 (previously mostly unpublished) historical images.
The book in short:
- Hard cover | full color | 31 x 22 cm | 300 pages | 400+ photos
- This book is available in Dutch only
- Published: September 2011
Author Han Nabben is balloonist and author of the ballooning-books Lichter dan lucht, los van de aarde (2011, in Dutch) about the history of balloons and airships in The Netherlands, Catch the Sun (2012, in English); about ballooning worldwide and the world’s first NFC-enabled book that adds multimedia (video, social media) to the paper pages, and Sic Itur Ad Asta (2019, in English/Dutch) about the history of The Hague Balloon Club; the famous gas ballooning association that was established in 1936 in The Netherlands. Han is also editor of Ballonstof Magazine, the magazine for balloonists in The Netherlands (KNVvL) and Belgium (KBBF).
The book is about dreaming romantics who were lured by blue skies and the desire to watch mother earth from above. It’s about the perseverance and determination of Dutch inventors and adventurers who succeeded in defeating gravity. And it’s about passionate persistents who introduced, organized and popularized ballooning in the Netherlands, with the result that these days the blue Dutch skies are regularly enriched with impressive hot air balloons. In addition to historiography, the book also contains background information about the current practice of ballooning.
This luxuriously executed, hard-cover and full-colour reference work contains over 400 (previously mostly unpublished) historical images.
The book in short:
- Hard cover | full color | 31 x 22 cm | 300 pages | 400+ photos
- This book is available in Dutch only
- Published: September 2011
Author Han Nabben is balloonist and author of the ballooning-books Lichter dan lucht, los van de aarde (2011, in Dutch) about the history of balloons and airships in The Netherlands, Catch the Sun (2012, in English); about ballooning worldwide and the world’s first NFC-enabled book that adds multimedia (video, social media) to the paper pages, and Sic Itur Ad Asta (2019, in English/Dutch) about the history of The Hague Balloon Club; the famous gas ballooning association that was established in 1936 in The Netherlands. Han is also editor of Ballonstof Magazine, the magazine for balloonists in The Netherlands (KNVvL) and Belgium (KBBF).
€ 34.95 incl 9% VAT[*]
€ 32.06 excl 9% VAT[*]
[*] VAT will be charged always - unless you are outside the European Union or a VAT registered company in any country of the European Union, except The Netherlands.
All shown prices are excluding shipping costs. Shipping costs will be quoted with the possibility to cancel your order. All orders should be paid in advance, before shipping. Payment can be done by IBAN bank transfer - other payment methods can be discussed. No refunds or cancellations possible for specially ordered items. Some, but not all items are available from stock. If not in stock, the delivery time depends on stock / availability at the manufacturer.
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