Great Airships the Tragedy

by Andy Sloss and Mike Flynn

Book Overview

This book examines the background to the building of the Hindenburg airship, and its history from the maiden voyage to its disastrous and horrifying conclusion. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1858687179
• ISBN13: 9781858687179
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

The Great Airships

This is a small but intriguing book that tells the story of the great airships from the early part of the twentieth century. It focuses on the American, British, French, and German airships that plied the airways of the interwar period. The "Hindenberg" graced the skies above the 1936 Berlin Olympics prior to its fateful trip to Lakehurst, New Jersey. The book covers the history and then transitions to the present with the Goodyear blimps. This is a relatively short but informattive book that is well illustrated. It gives the reader a good introduction to these airships that esemble floating rocket ships above the cities of the world.