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Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 25th Anniversary Edition
William F. Althoff
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Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 240 black & white photographs, 3 black & white maps, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBW; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 898.
Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.S. Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition - complete with two hundred new photographs--to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book's publication.
Impressed by Germany's commercial and military Zeppelins, the United States initiated its own airship program in 1915. Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey was homeport for several of the largest machines ever to navigate the air. The success of the commercial rigid airship peaked in 1936 with transatlantic round trips between Central Europe and the Americas ... Read more
Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.S. Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition - complete with two hundred new photographs--to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book's publication.
Impressed by Germany's commercial and military Zeppelins, the United States initiated its own airship program in 1915. Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey was homeport for several of the largest machines ever to navigate the air. The success of the commercial rigid airship peaked in 1936 with transatlantic round trips between Central Europe and the Americas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591142133
SKU
V9781591142133
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About William F. Althoff
William F. Althoff is a geologist and historian of naval aviation and science in the Arctic. His publications include scientific papers, articles, and six books. He was Ramsey Fellow in Naval Aviation History at the National Air and Space Museum in 1999-2000 and then research associate in 2000-02.
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