02451nam 2200589 450 991046395710332120200520144314.01-61168-697-0(CKB)2670000000570606(EBL)1882375(OCoLC)893336527(SSID)ssj0001387911(PQKBManifestationID)11879474(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001387911(PQKBWorkID)11383392(PQKB)10269340(MiAaPQ)EBC1882375(MdBmJHUP)muse37509(Au-PeEL)EBL1882375(CaPaEBR)ebr10953266(CaONFJC)MIL650436(EXLCZ)99267000000057060620141024h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDirigible dreams the age of the airship /C. Michael HiamLebanon, New Hampshire :ForeEdge,2014.©20141 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-19156-5 1-61168-560-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page [1]; Title Page [2]; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Notes; Bibliography; IndexHere is the story of airships--manmade flying machines without wings--from their earliest beginnings to the modern era of blimps. In postcards and advertisements, the sleek, silver, cigar-shaped airships, or dirigibles, were the embodiment of futuristic visions of air travel. They immediately captivated the imaginations of people worldwide, but in less than fifty years dirigible became a byword for doomed futurism, an Icarian figure of industrial hubris. Dirigible Dreams looks back on this bygone era, when the future of exploration, commercial travel, and warfare largely involved the prospect of wingless flight.AirshipsAirshipsDesign and constructionElectronic books.Airships.AirshipsDesign and construction.629.13324Hiam C. Michael1026831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463957103321Dirigible dreams2444071UNINA