Author: Alec McKintyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Father of British Airships
Author: Alec McKintyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The father of British airships; A biogr. of E(rnest) T(hompson) Willows
Author: Alec MacKintyBritish Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century
Author: Malcolm FifePublisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Numerous books have been written on airships, but few concentrate on their bases and infrastructure to support their operations. British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century starts with documenting the primitive facilities from which the early machines flew in the years prior to the First World War. The outbreak of the First World War resulted in airships being adopted for military purposes and bases were established across Britain. Most of these were operated by the Royal Naval Air Service for the protection of shipping against U-boats. In the 1920s, an attempt was made by the British Government to build airships for commercial transport. The locations where these giants of the sky were constructed are described as well as the proposed overseas passenger terminals. The latter part of this enthralling and detailed book chronicles the attempt to establish the airship as a means of transport to link together the far flung lands of the British Empire. Reference is also made at attempts to revive the airship in the closing decade of the 20th century and the locations associated with them. Illustrations: 170 black and white photographs
British Airships - Past,Present and Future
Author: George WhaleBritish Airships, Past, Present and Future...
Author: George WhalePublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781314901849
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
Author: George WhalePublisher:
ISBN: 9781438789415
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Lighter Than Air
Author: Guy WarnerPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473829046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining up and the outbreak of the First World War, he engaged in a huge number of enterprises and endeavours. Praise and respect garnered in accordance with his achievements all helped to establish his reputation in later years as an 'irreplaceable' pioneer and a leading light of early British airship design. His fertile imagination and enterprising spirit fused to form a dynamic personality, able in wartime to draw up countless schemes in an effort to outwit the enemy. His chief task during the Great War was to dream up new tactics and designs to combat the Zeppelin menace, perceived as one of the most damaging threats of the entire conflict. He was also deeply involved in the design of the very successful SS and Coastal Class airships; indeed, during 1915 he was actually appointed Inspector Commander of Airships at the Admiralty. Unfortunately, his illustrious career was destined to be cut short in 1916 when he was killed testing a prototype of one of his own designs. This new biography seeks to shine a light on an overlooked pioneer of early aviation and it does so in entertaining and reverential style. The importance of Usborne the pioneer is made plain; as one of his contemporaries commented upon his death No one can talk of the early days of British airship design without mention of his name and work. A personality was lost on that February day which was irreplaceable.
British Airships in Pictures
Author: Patrick AbbottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
A pictorial history of British airships. It looks at the bizarre flights of fancy of the 19th century, the heyday of the airship, its successful use during World War I and the disasters of the later period, and finishes with a look at more recent developments and a possible renaissance.
British airships, past, present & future
Author: George WHALE (Writer on Airships.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
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