When Giants Ruled the Sky: The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship

by John Geoghegan

Book Overview

Nearly everything people know about airships is wrong. Few realize that prior to the Hindenburg disaster airships transported passengers without a single casualty for more than 20 years, a record unmatched by any other form of transportation. When Giants Ruled the Sky tells the true but little-known story of the USS Macon (ZRS-5), the world's largest, most expensive and most technologically advanced airship of her day, and the four men responsible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750987839
• ISBN13: 9780750987837
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"