They sailed the skies, U.S. Navy balloons and the airship program, J. Gordon Vaeth
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Label
They sailed the skies, U.S. Navy balloons and the airship program, J. Gordon Vaeth
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150) and index
resource.governmentPublication
federal national government publication
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
They sailed the skies
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
61130646
Responsibility statement
J. Gordon Vaeth
Sub title
U.S. Navy balloons and the airship program
Table Of Contents
1915-1918 -- Balloon racing resumes -- Lost in Canada -- "Let go!" -- Enter the rigids -- Thomas Greenhow Williams Settle -- Another Navy race -- Lightning and thunder -- The graf Zeppelin -- 1929 -- Akron and Macon -- The big win -- Highest aloft -- Finis for the rigids -- Farewell to racing -- 1935-1941 -- World War II -- Postwar