Dirigible dreams : the age of the airship / C. Michael Hiam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hiam, C. Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airships.

Airships--Design and construction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lebanon, New Hampshire : ForeEdge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here is the story of airships--manmade flying machines without wings--from their earliest beginnings to the modern era of blimps. In postcards and advertisements, the sleek, silver, cigar-shaped airships, or dirigibles, were the embodiment of futuristic visions of air travel. They immediately captivated the imaginations of people worldwide, but in less than fifty years dirigible became a byword for doomed futurism, an Icarian figure of industrial hubris. Dirigible Dreams looks back on this bygone era, when the future of exploration, commercial travel, and warfare largely involved the prospect of wingless flight.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page [1]; Title Page [2]; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781611686975

1611686970

OCLC:

893336527