02417nam 2200577 450 991078794990332120230803195856.01-61168-697-0(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 constructionAirships.AirshipsDesign and construction.629.13324Hiam C. Michael1509904MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787949903321Dirigible dreams3742091UNINA