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MILITARY, NAVAL AND CIVIL AIRSHIPS SINCE 1783

by Daniel George Ridley-Kitts

Published by The History Press. 1st. 2012

Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The History and Development of the Dirigible Airship in Peace and War. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams.

Light scuffing to verso of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.

ISBN: 9780752464718
Stock no. 1825889

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction - The Conquest of the Air
  • 1 The Airship: An Explanation
  • 2 The Development of the Dirigible 1783-1914
  • 3 Early British Efforts 1878-1914
  • 4 The First British Rigid: Mayfly
  • 5 Interim 1912-14: The Astra-Torres, Parseval & Forlanini Airships
  • 6 The Second Navy Rigid: R9
  • 7 War at Sea: Sea Scouts vs the U-Boat
  • 8 War at Sea: Airships with the Grand Fleet
  • 9 Air Defence of Great Britain: Opening Moves
  • 10 Air Defence of Great Britain: Nemesis
  • 11 Zeppeline Gegen England Und Weiter 1915-18
  • 12 The R23 & 23X Class
  • 13 Short Brothers' Wooden-Framed Y Type: R31 & R32
  • 14 R34 Across the Atlantic
  • 15 The Last of the Aerial Cruisers: R36 & Shenandoah
  • 16 The Vickers R80, Airship Sheds & Mooring Masts
  • 17 The Admiralty A Type: R38/ZR2
  • 18 The Airship vs the Flying Boat
  • 19 Airship Development in the Interwar Years
  • 20 From the Second World War to the present Day
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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