Sky Ships

Author: William F Althoff
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612519016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.S. Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition— complete with two hundred new photographs—to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book’s publication. Impressed by Germany’s commercial and military Zeppelins, the United States initiated its own airship program in 1915. Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey was homeport for several of the largest machines ever to navigate the air. The success of the commercial rigid airship peaked in 1936 with transatlantic round trips between Central Europe and the Americas by Hindenburg and by Graf Zeppelin— ending with the infamous fire in 1937. That setback, the onset of war, and the accelerated progress of heavier-than-air technology ended rigid airship development. The Navy continued to use blimps to protect Allied shipping during World War II. Following the war, the Navy persisted with efforts to integrate the airships, but the program was finally discontinued in the early 1960s.

Lighter Than Air

Author: Tom D. Crouch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Looks at the history of balloons and airships, from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the present day.

Transatlantic Airships

Author: John Christopher
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781847971616
Category : Airships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In Transatlantic Airships, John Christopher recounts the fascinating story of the lighter-than-air 'pond hoppers' from the earliest schemes and bold pioneering flights, including the triumphant double-crossing by the R34. The book goes on to describe the rise of the Zeppelins and the ambitious British scheme to connect its far-flung Empire, the US Navy's lighter-than-air craft and the incredible post-war proposals for colossal atomic-powered leviathans. It is a story of fantastic visionaries, incredible flying machines, great moments of triumph and, ultimately, of spectacular disaster. AUTHOR John Christopher started flying balloons in the 1980s and has flown almost every size from tiny one-man cloudhoppers to huge people-carriers. He is also a journalist and author specializing in all aspects of aviation. For twelve years he edited Aerostat, the journal of British Balloon & Airship Club. ILLUSTRATIONS 250 colour photos *

Up Ship!

Author: Douglas Hill Robinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description

Kite Balloons to Airships--

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airships
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description

Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783

Author: Daniel G. Ridley-Kitts MBE
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752490370
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 477

Book Description
An exploration of the history and development of the dirigible airship from its humble beginnings in the late eighteenth century through to its current role as military command posts among other uses. Starting out as an unreliable experimental aircraft whilst aeronauts first began to learn the secrets of aerial navigation, the airship was remodelled in 1900 by Count Zeppelin to become a potent weapon of war. It was then transformed again into a short-lived solution to long-distance passenger air travel. With over 100 technical drawings and contemporary images of dirigible aircraft, Ridley-Kitts presents a comprehensive and fascinating history of the airship. Military, Naval and Civil Airships is a must read for those that wish to delve into the development of the aircraft for the first time and for airship specialists alike.

Zeppelin

Author: Peter W. Brooks
Publisher: Brassey's
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
This volume covers rigid airships from their beginnings in 19th-century Germany until World War II and examines their role in both civil and military aviation. It gives the development histories of 163 different airships constructed during that period in Germany, Britain, France and the USA.

Zeppelin!

Author: Guillaume de Syon
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801886348
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
Six decades later, there is still a mystique surrounding these technological leviathans, one that Zeppelin! addresses with insight and wit.

The Giant Airships

Author: Douglas Botting
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description
Wartime air ships, epic of flight.

Battlebags

Author: Ces Mowthorpe
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN: 9780750915182
Category : Airships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Affectionately named battlebags by their crews and pigs by the local civilian inhabitants, Royal Navy Air Service airships were a familiar sight around Britains's shores. At least 226 airships of all types were built and operated by the Royal Navy during the war in a bid to beat the deadly German U-boat menace.