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Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783 pdf

Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783 pdf

Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783 by Daniel George Ridley-Kitts

Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783
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Author: Daniel George Ridley-Kitts
Page Count: 288 pages
Published Date: 01 Jun 2012
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Publication Country: Stroud, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780752464718
File size: 40 Mb
File Name: Military,.Naval.and.Civil.Airships.Since.1783.pdf
Download Link: Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783
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This book traces the development of the airship, relating the struggles of the early pioneers, from the Montgolfier brothers, and the parallel of the hydrogen balloon. Throughout the nineteenth century, 'Aeronauts' learnt the skill of aerial navigation, making lost distance flights in an unfamiliar element. Attempts were made to control the direction of flight, first by the use of steam, then utilising electrical power, and finally the petrol engine. From 1900, Count Zeppelin developed the rigid airship from a faltering experimental craft into a potent war weapon. Between the wars it appeared that the giant passenger-carrying airships offered the solution to long distance air travel, but this dream proved illusory. In the present age, airships are again being considered for new uses including airborne military command posts and geostationary unmanned 'Aerostats' harvesting the power of the 'Jetsream' to provide an umlimited supply of electrical power for the planet.

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