Down One Diamond by Fairbanks. Michael,

Hard back book with colour pictorial dust jacket. 150 pages, profusely illustrated with B/W plates and drawings.

A tribute to American pioneer balloonist Anthony Fairbanks who began flying in the 1930s. Written by his son Michael, also an accomplished balloonist, who shares his love and admiration for his father as well as his own impressive knowledge of ballooning.

'Down One Diamond' refers to the action of lowering the sandbags around the circumference of the inflating balloon to the next lower position on the net.