The Project Gutenberg E-text of British Airships: Past, Present and Future
by George Whale
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About this eBook
- Author
- Whale, George
- Title
- British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
- Credits
- Produced by Dianne Bean. HTML version by Al Haines.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
- Subject
- Aircraft
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 762
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/762
- Release Date
- December 1, 1996
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.British Airships: Past, Present and Future — by
- 2.George Whale — (Late Major, R.A.F.) — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION — CHAPTER II EARLY AIRSHIPS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO THE PRESENT DAY — CHAPTER III BRITISH AIRSHIPS BUILT BY PRIVATE FIRMS — CHAPTER IV BRITISH ARMY AIRSHIPS — CHAPTER V EARLY DAYS OF THE NAVAL AIRSHIP SECTION--PARSEVAL AIRSHIPS, ASTRA-TORRES TYPE, ETC. — CHAPTER VI NAVAL AIRSHIPS: THE NON-RIGIDS-- S.S. TYPE COASTAL AND C STAR AIRSHIPS THE NORTH SEA AIRSHIP — CHAPTER VII NAVAL AIRSHIPS: THE RIGIDS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 1 RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 9 RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 23 CLASS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 23 X CLASS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 31 CLASS RIGID AIRSHIP NO. 33 CLASS — CHAPTER VIII THE WORK OF THE AIRSHIP IN THE WORLD WAR — CHAPTER IX THE FUTURE OF AIRSHIPS — CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION — AIRSHIP DESIGN — HANDLING AND FLYING OF AIRSHIPS — HOUSING ACCOMMODATION FOR AIRSHIPS, ETC. — CHAPTER II — EARLY AIRSHIPS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO THE PRESENT DAY — FRANCE — GERMANY — ITALY — CHAPTER III — BRITISH AIRSHIPS BUILT BY PRIVATE FIRMS — PARTRIDGE'S AIRSHIP — HUGH BELL'S AIRSHIP — BARTON'S AIRSHIP — WILLOWS No. 1 — WILLOWS No. 2 — WILLOWS No. 3 — WILLOWS No. 4 — WILLOWS No. 5 — MARSHALL FOX'S AIRSHIP — CHAPTER IV — BRITISH ARMY AIRSHIPS — NULLI SECUNDUS I — NULLI SECUNDUS II — BABY — BETA — GAMMA — CLEMENT-BAYARD — LEBAUDY — DELTA — ETA — CHAPTER V — EARLY DAYS OF THE NAVAL AIRSHIP SECTION--PARSEVAL AIRSHIPS, ASTRA-TORRES TYPE, ETC. — PARSEVAL AIRSHIP No. 4 — PARSEVAL AIRSHIPS 5, 6 and 7 — CHAPTER VI — NAVAL AIRSHIPS.--THE NON-RIGIDS--S.S. TYPE — S.S.B.E. 2C — S.S. MAURICE FARMAN — S.S. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH — S.S.P. — S.S. ZERO — S.S. TWIN — "COASTAL" AND "C STAR" AIRSHIPS — "C STAR" AIRSHIP — THE "NORTH SEA" AIRSHIP — CHAPTER VII — NAVAL AIRSHIPS.--THE RIGIDS--RIGID AIRSHIP No. 1 — RIGID AIRSHIP No. 9 — RIGID AIRSHIP No. 23 CLASS — RIGID AIRSHIP 23 X CLASS — RIGID AIRSHIP No. 31 CLASS — RIGID AIRSHIP No. 33 CLASS — CHAPTER VIII — THE WORK OF THE AIRSHIP IN THE WORLD WAR — CHAPTER IX — THE FUTURE OF AIRSHIPS
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