Operation Springboard Science fiction
Chester Pawling keenly interested in space travel is invited to work at a base in the South Pacific where the great scientist Dr Havensson is conducting highly secret experiments That is just the beginning of a grand adventure that fulfils Chester s dream of traveling into space But it is not simple or safe A rival national group has launched a rocket ship and a dangerous space race has begun Chester who is physically handicapped gets than one chance to prove that he is as capable as any other member of the crew Operation Springboard is a juvenile science fiction novel published first in 1958 as Operation Space Operation SpringboardThe story is fine for what it is a short juvenile in the style of Heinlein and a hundred others of the time Side are black and white and the tale is straightforward even though the villains are thoroughly bland and the science either ludicrous unexplained or swiftly overtaken by actual events MY favorite part of reading this wasn t the story at all but rather the story behind the edition that I read There is a little note preceding the title page saying This is an authorized facsimileof an original bookand was producers in 1975 by microfilm xerographyby Xerox University MicrofilmsAnn Arbor Michigan U. Book Operation springboard AWhat ever that system was on is it only prints on one side of a sheet because every page is looped and uncut and the interiors are unprinted How this decidedly mediocre work was chosen for printing is a mystery I d like to know the story behind Science Fiction Aviation and Space Flight This was Ball s first published book and it shows the talent that would later be evident in his better known works Although written to the simple expectations of juvenile science fiction of the period it includes some original ideas and good characterization It s only real failing is how ordinary Venus seems after it is reached There is nothing in the description of the planet that makes it feel alien Science Fiction Aviation and Space Flight
Name used by site_link John Dudley Ball for writing books for boys early in his career From 1960 dustjacket bio JOHN BALL JR.
Aviation and Space Flight Operation springboard data As a youngster he washed airplanes for barnstorming pilots in order to learn about aviation and get an occasional ride In later years a ground and flight instructor for Pan American World Airways he lost track of the number of times he crossed the Atlantic He was a commercial pilot a member of the editorial staff of Fortune music editor of the Brooklyn Eagle assistant curator of the Hayden Planetarium and a columnist on the New York World Telegram and Sun before he combined his two careers in his present job as Director of Public Rel Name used by site_link John Dudley Ball for writing books for boys early in his career From 1960 dustjacket bio JOHN BALL JR.
Operation springboard aviation and space flight program As a youngster he washed airplanes for barnstorming pilots in order to learn about aviation and get an occasional ride In later years a ground and flight instructor for Pan American World Airways he lost track of the number of times he crossed the Atlantic He was a commercial pilot a member of the editorial staff of Fortune music editor of the Brooklyn Eagle assistant curator of the Hayden Planetarium and a columnist on the New York World Telegram and Sun before he combined his two careers in his present job as Director of Public Relations of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences Mr Ball has written many articles stories and books His previous book for boys was Operation Space which drew on the experience acquired in both phases of his dual life as does Spacemaster 1.
PDF Operation springboard login Now Ball is best known for mystery novels involving the African American police detective Virgil Tibbs Tibbs was introduced in the 1965 novel In The Heat Of The Night which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America and was made into an Oscar winning film of the same name Ball s departure from the mystery genre was a bestselling what if political thriller The First Team site_link
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Operation Springboard ebookers has led a double life giving half of his time to flying and half to writing.
Operation Springboard book has led a double life giving half of his time to flying and half to writing.S
