Sky Ships by William F Althoff

Sky Ships by William F Althoff

Originally published in 1990, Sky Ships is easily the most comprehensive history of U.S. Navy airships ever written. The Naval Institute Press is releasing this new edition� complete with two hundred new photographs�to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the book�s publication.

Impressed by Germany�s commercial and military Zeppelins, the United States initiated its own airship program in 1915. Naval Air Station Lakehurst in New Jersey was homeport for several of the largest machines ever to navigate the air. The success of the commercial rigid airship peaked in 1936 with transatlantic round trips between Central Europe and the Americas by Hindenburg and by Graf Zeppelin� ending with the infamous fire in 1937. That setback, the onset of war, and the accelerated progress of heavier-than-air technology ended rigid airship development. The Navy continued to use blimps to protect Allied shipping during World War I. Following the war, the Navy persisted with efforts to integrate the airships, but the program was finally discontinued in the early 1960s.

Althoff, William F.: - William F. Althoff is a geologist and historian of naval aviation and science in the Arctic. His publications include scientific papers, articles, and six books. He was Ramsey Fellow in Naval Aviation History at the National Air and Space Museum in 1999-2000 and then research associate in 2000-02.

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ISBN 13	9780517569047
ISBN 10	0517569043
Title	Sky Ships
Author	William F Althoff
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Year published	1990-08-18
Number of pages	304
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.