Author: SWINFIELD, JOHN
Title: Airship : design, development and disaster
Description: Annapolis. Md. : Naval Institute Press 2012. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Summary; 'Airship' charts the history of lighter-than-air craft from the continental pioneers of the late 19th century through to European airship stations in the Great War. Germany's pre-eminent commercial and military zeppelins. the construction of British behemoth R100 and the calamitous losses of USS Akron in 1933 and LZ129 Hindenburg in 1937. Subjects; Airships -- History -- 19th century. Airships -- History -- 20th century. Airships -- Design and construction -- History. ISBN: 159114034X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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