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They sailed the skies : U.S. Navy balloons and the airship program /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vaeth, J. Gordon (Joseph Gordon), 1921-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2005]
Subjects:
Balloons > United States > History > 20th century.
Airships > United States > History > 20th century.
United States. > Navy > Aviation > History > 20th century.
Aeronautics, Military > United States > History > 20th century.
Online Access:Table of contents
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.