text Balloons and airships : a tale of lighter than air aviation
- Summary
- This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air machines. For centuries man had dreamed of flying, but all attempts failed, until in 1782 the Montgolfier brothers constructed the world's first hot air ... Read more
- Contents
- Taking to the air -- Manned flight -- Balloon mania -- Coming of age -- Balloons go to war -- Experiments and expeditions -- Powered flight -- The zeppelin -- Spreading the word -- Airships at war -- Airships in peacetime -- The polar flights -- F... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Transport, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd. 2019
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 629.133 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 629.133 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 629.133 BUR in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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