Airships

Author : Barry Hannah
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781555846428

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Airships by Barry Hannah Pdf

Winner of the PEN/Malamud Award, Airships is a “strong, original, tragic and funny” story collection of “the creative Southern tradition” (Alfred Kazin). One of the most revered short story collections of the past fifty years, Airships remains a vital text in the history of the American short story. The award-winning contemporary classic features twenty wildly original, exuberant, often hilarious stories that celebrate the universal peculiarities of the new American South—a land of high school band contests where good old boys from Vicksburg are reunited in Vietnam, and petty nostalgia and the incessant pain of disappointed love prevail in spite of our worst efforts. Hailed by none other than Larry McMurtry as “the best young writer to appear in the South since Flannery O’Connor,” Barry Hannah’s immense storytelling gifts are on striking display in this essential work. “Hannah takes fiction by surprise—scenes, shocks, sounds and amazements: an explosive but meticulous originality.” —Cynthia Ozick

Author : Sam Witt
Publisher : Bastion Press, Inc.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1592630006

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Airships by Sam Witt Pdf

While some choose to sail the seas and oceans seeking trade, adventure, and fame, others are more daring and sail the skies of their worlds. Discover the wonders of flight and the beauty of sailing the winds from many different methods and in many different forms. After all, no one race dominates the skies?save those that need no ships and jealously guard their skies. Like sea captains traversing dangerous waters and unknown menaces, airship captains must face the wrath of the aerial realms in the forms of dragons and other invisible dangers that pose great risk to their airships Airships provides all the rules necessary to bring flying ships into any campaign setting. Construction rules, combat, aerial and 3D movement, and other essential information is all covered. Also included are deck plans and specifications for a number of ships. Airships will bring new heroes to the fore when a village under siege cries "Look! Up in the sky!"

Author : George Whale
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-16
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9783845710730

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British Airships by George Whale Pdf

Das Luftschifffahrt faszinierte vor allem Ende des 19. und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts die Menschen. Zu den Pionieren zählten vor allem Konstrukteure aus Frankreich, Großbritannien und Deutschland, Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin war maßgeblich an der Entwicklung der Luftschiffe beteiligt. Dieses Buch aus dem Jahr 1919 bietet eine detailreiche Darstellung der Geschichte der Britischen Luftschifffahrt und deren Luftschiffe. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine englischsprachige Ausgabe.

Author : J. Duggan,H. Meyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403920096

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Airships in International Affairs 1890 - 1940 by J. Duggan,H. Meyer Pdf

This book analyses the unique psychological appeal of the airship worldwide and shows how this appeal was exploited for ulterior political purposes. They were used by Count Zeppelin to advance German militarism, American Admiral Moffett to fight US Army aviation ambitions, British Lord Thomson to foster Socialism and strengthen Empire ties, Mussolini to promote Italian Fascism, Stalin to foster world Communism, and Hitler to promote Nazi ideology. As airships roamed worldwide, so they carried these political influences with them.

Author : Daniel G. Ridley-Kitts MBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780752490373

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Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783 by Daniel G. Ridley-Kitts MBE Pdf

An exploration of the history and development of the dirigible airship from its humble beginnings in the late eighteenth century through to its current role as military command posts among other uses. Starting out as an unreliable experimental aircraft whilst aeronauts first began to learn the secrets of aerial navigation, the airship was remodelled in 1900 by Count Zeppelin to become a potent weapon of war. It was then transformed again into a short-lived solution to long-distance passenger air travel. With over 100 technical drawings and contemporary images of dirigible aircraft, Ridley-Kitts presents a comprehensive and fascinating history of the airship. Military, Naval and Civil Airships is a must read for those that wish to delve into the development of the aircraft for the first time and for airship specialists alike.

Author : Alberto Santos-Dumont
Publisher : GRANT RICHARDS
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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My Airships : The Story of My Life by Alberto Santos-Dumont Pdf

My Airships : The Story of My Life Two young Brazilian boys strolled in the shade, conversing. They were simple youths of the interior, knowing only the plenty of the primitive plantation where, undisturbed by labour-saving devices, Nature yielded man her fruits at the price of the sweat of his brow. They were ignorant of machines to the extent that they had never seen a waggon or a wheelbarrow. Horses and oxen bore the burdens of plantation life on their backs, and placid Indian labourers wielded the spade and the hoe. Yet they were thoughtful boys. At this moment they discussed things beyond all that they had seen or heard. "Why not devise a better means of transport than the backs of horses and of oxen?" Luis argued. "Last summer I hitched horses to a barn door, loaded it with sacks of maize, and hauled in one load what ten horses could not have brought on their backs. True, it required seven horses to drag it, while five men had to sit around its edges and hold the load from falling off." "What would you have?" answered Pedro. "Nature demands compensations. You cannot get something from nothing or more from less!" "If we could put rollers under the drag, less pulling power would be needed." "Bah! the force saved would be used up in the labour of shifting the rollers." "The rollers might be attached to the drag at fixed points by means of holes running through their centres," mused Luis. "Or why should not circular blocks of wood be fixed at the four corners of the drag?... Look, Pedro, yonder along the road. What is coming? The very thing I imagined, only better! One horse is pulling it at a good trot!" The first waggon to appear in that region of the interior stopped, and its driver spoke with the boys.

Author : Garth Cameron
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Umberto Nobile And the Arctic Search for the Airship Italia by Garth Cameron Pdf

By the time it was over, eight of the crew and nine rescuers were dead and scores more had been put in harm’s way. The disappearance and search for the airship Italia was headline news, all over the world, for months after its last radio message on 25 May 1928. It had reported being to the north-east of its base at Kings Bay, on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, returning from a long flight to Greenland and the North Pole. Ships, aircraft and men from many countries converged on Kings Bay to participate in the rescue effort. The Italian airship designer and pilot Umberto Nobile had flown to the North Pole and beyond in 1926. He resolved to return to the Arctic with a new airship in 1928. The expedition had geographical and scientific aims, but the political environment was also an important motivator. Benito Mussolini and his fascist party had come to power in 1922 and a successful expedition to the Arctic would be excellent propaganda.

Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Airships
ISBN : 184797161X

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Transatlantic Airships by John Christopher Pdf

In Transatlantic Airships, John Christopher recounts the fascinating story of the lighter-than-air 'pond hoppers' from the earliest schemes and bold pioneering flights, including the triumphant double-crossing by the R34. The book goes on to describe the rise of the Zeppelins and the ambitious British scheme to connect its far-flung Empire, the US Navy's lighter-than-air craft and the incredible post-war proposals for colossal atomic-powered leviathans. It is a story of fantastic visionaries, incredible flying machines, great moments of triumph and, ultimately, of spectacular disaster. AUTHOR John Christopher started flying balloons in the 1980s and has flown almost every size from tiny one-man cloudhoppers to huge people-carriers. He is also a journalist and author specializing in all aspects of aviation. For twelve years he edited Aerostat, the journal of British Balloon & Airship Club. ILLUSTRATIONS 250 colour photos *

Author : Douglas Botting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UOM:39015004526318

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The Giant Airships by Douglas Botting Pdf

Wartime air ships, epic of flight.

Author : United States. Congress. Investigate Dirgible Disasters Joint committee. 260:
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045214470

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Airship Investigation by United States. Congress. Investigate Dirgible Disasters Joint committee. 260: Pdf

Author : G. A. Khoury,J. D. Gillett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0521607531

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Airship Technology by G. A. Khoury,J. D. Gillett Pdf

A unique and indispensable guide to modern airship design and operation, for researchers and professionals working in mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Author : Arthur Slade
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459818729

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Death by Airship by Arthur Slade Pdf

Prince Conn will never be king. And that's just fine with him. He's ninth in line for the pirate throne and is quite happy to sail the skies in his airship with his crew of cheery misfits, plundering as they go. But one by one his siblings are being murdered, in tragic fires, violent cannon attacks or mysterious poisonings. Soon all fingers are pointing toward Conn as the mastermind. To prove his innocence, Conn must make his way to Skull Island, navigating his airship through a gauntlet of villains, explosions and betrayals. Can he reach his father's kingdom before it's too late? Or will he suffer the same fate as the rest of his family?

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Aeronautics, Commercial
ISBN : UOM:39015074637904

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Merchant Airship Bill by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Pdf

Author : S. C. Gwynne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781982168278

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His Majesty's Airship by S. C. Gwynne Pdf

From the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Empire of the Summer Moon comes a stunning historical tale of the rise and fall of the world’s largest airship—and the doomed love story between an ambitious British officer and a married Romanian Princess at its heart. The tragic story of the British airship R101—which went down in a spectacular hydrogen-fueled fireball in 1930, killing more people than died in the Hindenburg disaster seven years later—has been largely forgotten. In His Majesty’s Airship, historian S.C. Gwynne resurrects it in vivid detail, telling the epic story of great ambition gone terribly wrong. Airships, those airborne leviathans that occupied center stage in the world in the first half of the twentieth century, were a symbol of the future. R101 was not just the largest aircraft ever to have flown and the product of the world’s most advanced engineering—she was also the lynchpin of an imperial British scheme to link by air the far-flung areas of its empire from Australia to India, South Africa, Canada, Egypt, and Singapore. No one had ever conceived of anything like this. R101 captivated the world. There was just one problem: beyond the hype and technological wonders, these big, steel-framed, hydrogen-filled airships were a dangerously bad idea. Gwynne’s chronicle features a cast of remarkable—and often tragically flawed—characters, including Lord Christopher Thomson, the man who dreamed up the Imperial Airship Scheme and then relentlessly pushed R101 to her destruction; Princess Marthe Bibesco, the celebrated writer and glamorous socialite with whom he had a long affair; and Herbert Scott, a national hero who had made the first double crossing of the Atlantic in any aircraft in 1919—eight years before Lindbergh’s famous flight—but who devolved into drink and ruin. These historical figures—and the ship they built, flew, and crashed—come together in a grand tale that details the rocky road to commercial aviation written by one of the best popular historians writing today.

Author : Tina Bilbe
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752497501

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Kingsnorth Airship Station by Tina Bilbe Pdf

The airships developed at Kingsnorth Airship Station in Kent played a vital role during the First World War by successfully protecting the Royal Navy fleet from submarine attack. It was the proud boast of the Airship Service that no vessels accompanied by one of their airships were lost to a U-boat offensive. Author Tina Bilbé tells the story of Kingsnorth, exploring the development of the station, the challenges faced and overcome, the people who contributed to the station's success, and how the station and its legacy have changed the local area. Contemporary accounts and pictures, including previously unpublished material, bring this story to life, whether for the local historian or military enthusiast. The extensive list of former personnel will also appeal to anyone who may have had a relative serve there.