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Author:

Vaeth, J. Gordon (Joseph Gordon), 1921-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Naval Institute Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xii, 159 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century.
Balloons--United States--History--20th century.
Airships--United States--History--20th century.
Aeronautics, Military--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9781591149149 (alk. paper)
1591149142 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61130646

LCCN:

2005018608

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)