Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships: "Graf Zeppelin" and "Hindenburg" - Hardcover

Dick, Harold G.; Robinson, Douglas H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0874743648 ISBN 13: 9780874743647

Publisher: Smithsonian Books, 1985

Synopsis

Gathers information about the design, construction, and operation of the two German dirigibles between 1934 and 1938

About this title

Review:

"[A] major contribution to aeronautical history. . . .Well illustrated with photos and drawings (some never before published) and handsomely designed."--Booknews

"This is the very best account of the high point of the zeppelin era. The book abounds in technical details of design and construction. . . . Readers will learn about airship operation from the inside out."--Aerospace Historian

"A valuable book, enhanced by excellent illustrations and a useful glossary of terms."--Isis

"A wealth of interesting design, engineering, construction and operating information. . . . Technically sound and authoritative."--Aerospace

About the Author:

Harold G. Dick, the only American to have made twenty-two transatlantic crossings in the passenger airships, is an honorary life member of the Lighter-Than-Air Society. He lives in Wichita, Kansas.
Douglas H. Robinson, an aviation historian, is the author of several books, including The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-1918; Giants in the Sky; and, with Charles L. Keller, "Up Ship!" A History of the U.S. Navy's Rigid Airships, 1919-1935.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0874743648
• ISBN 13: 9780874743647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200