Real history

Airshipmen, businessmen, and politics, 1890-1940 [Smithsonian history of aviation series] [In search of the real Count Zeppelin; In the shadow of the titan : thoughts on the life & work of naval engineer Johann Schutte; Building rigid airships; Three communities & their changing fortunes; Eckener's struggle to save the airship for Germany, 1919-1929; Zeppelin intermezzos in Detroit, 1920 & 1924; The political origins of the airship Graf Zeppelin, 1924-1928; France perceives the Zeppelins, 1924-1937; Politics, personality & technology : Airships in themanipulations of Dr. Hugo Eckener & Lord Thomson, 1919-1930; F W (Willy) von Meister : Portrait of an airship businessman; Problems of helium & spy flights : the brief career of LZ 130]

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. No Jacket. 273 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 1560980311 (alk. paper); 9781560980315 (alk. paper) LCCN: 90-22345 ; LC: TL657; Dewey: 387.7/325/09 ; OCLC: 22710600 ; blue cloth ; ex-lib, stamps, label ; no dustjacket ; Contents : In search of the real Count Zeppelin -- In the shadow of the titan : thoughts on the life and work of naval engineer Johann Schütte -- Building rigid airships -- Three communities and their changing fortunes -- Eckener's struggle to save the airship for Germany, 1919-1929 -- Zeppelin intermezzos in Detroit, 1920 and 1924 -- The political origins of the airship Graf Zeppelin, 1924-1928 -- France perceives the Zeppelins, 1924-1937 -- Politics, personality and technology : Airships in the manipulations of Dr. Hugo Eckener and Lord Thomson, 1919-1930 -- F. W. (Willy) von Meister : Portrait of an airship businessman -- Problems of helium and spy flights : the brief career of LZ 130 -- Conclusion ; John Duggan is editor of the journal "Zeppelin," ; Henry Cord Meyer is Emeritus Professor of History, University of California, Irvine. ; FINE. Book. Nº de ref. del artículo: 006488

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