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Lighter Than Air
Tom D. Crouch
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Description for Lighter Than Air
Crouch, Lighter Than Air brings to life the color and excitement of buoyant flight. Num Pages: 192 pages, 110, 80 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 836.
This richly illustrated book chronicles lighter-than-air flight from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the latest in sport balloons and plans for future airships. Far more than a timeline of events, Lighter Than Air focuses on the people-flamboyant and daring, heroes and scoundrels-who made history in the sky. Here are the eighteenth-century pioneers who first took to the skies, the peripatetic aeronauts who criss-crossed two continents a century later, the airmen who manned the great rigid airships, and the intrepid balloonists who flew their craft across oceans and continents in the years following World War II. ... Read more
This richly illustrated book chronicles lighter-than-air flight from Archimedes' discovery of the principle of buoyancy to the latest in sport balloons and plans for future airships. Far more than a timeline of events, Lighter Than Air focuses on the people-flamboyant and daring, heroes and scoundrels-who made history in the sky. Here are the eighteenth-century pioneers who first took to the skies, the peripatetic aeronauts who criss-crossed two continents a century later, the airmen who manned the great rigid airships, and the intrepid balloonists who flew their craft across oceans and continents in the years following World War II. ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801891274
SKU
V9780801891274
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Tom D. Crouch
Tom D. Crouch, senior curator of the Division of Aeronautics at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, has written and edited over a dozen books, including The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright. He has won several major awards for historical writing, including prizes offered by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and ... Read more
Reviews for Lighter Than Air
This copiously illustrated overview of lighter than air aviation chronicles an adventurous period in human accomplishment with style and insight... A fascinating account of the thrilling quest for human flight. Literary Features Syndicate Crouch is one of the most knowledgeable authorities on the history of flight today. In his latest book, Crouch slices off a portion of that history and ... Read more