Airship: Design, Development and Disaster (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781591140344)

Airship charts the history of lighter-than-air craft from the continental pioneers of the late 19th century through to European airship stationsin the Great War, Germany's pre-eminent commercial and military zeppelins, the construction of British behemoths R100 and its sistership R101 and the calamitous losses of US Akron in 1933 and LZ129 Hindenburg in 1937, events which ultimately heralded the end of largescale airship production. The historical development of airships is seen to be protracted and fractious, as the armed forces of leading European countries and the U.S. explored commercial applications while trying to develop them for military use.

Author: John Swinfield
ISBN-10: 159114034X
ISBN-13: 9781591140344
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2012
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2013