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Daring flights of early pioneers, descriptions of great American airships, much more — beginning with pioneer invention by Dr. Solomon Andrews in 1865 and ending with the Hindenburg crash in 1937. ". . . a dramatic account of a lost cause and the heroic men who fought to keep it alive." — Chicago Sunday Tribune. 32 photos.
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LibraryThing member ABVR
Toland is a gifted historian, and this survey of the history of lighter-than-air powered flying machines is readable narrative that covers all the bases. Individual books cover specific airships better, but this is still a first-rate introduction.
LibraryThing member Whiskey3pa
Interesting account of a strange subset of aviation history. How they convinced people to ride under hydrogen bags is beyond my comprehension. That some of the crew members were survivors of more than one disaster even more so. We written and typical Toland research, thorough and filled with human
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1957
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The Great Dirigibles by John Toland (Paperback)