MILITARY, NAVAL AND CIVIL AIRSHIPS SINCE 1783
Written by Daniel George Ridley-Kitts
Published by The History Press
in 2012
ISBN: 9780752464718
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MILITARY, NAVAL AND CIVIL AIRSHIPS SINCE 1783
Written by Daniel George Ridley-Kitts.
Stock no. 1825889
1st.
2012.
Hardback.
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. ISBN: 9780752464718. Light scuffing to verso of dustwrapper else a lovely copy.
Front cover
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