When Giants Ruled the Sky - The Brief Reign and Tragic Demise of the American Rigid Airship (Hardcover)

Almost everything you know about airships is wrong. Between 1917 and 1935, the US Navy poured tens of millions of dollars into their airship programme, building a series of dirigibles each one more enormous than the last. These flying behemoths were to be the future of long-distance transport, competing with trains and ocean liners to carry people, post and cargo from country to country, and even across the sea. But by 1936 all these ambitious plans had been scrapped. What happened? When Giants Ruled the Sky is the story of how the American rigid airship came within a hair's breadth of dominating long-distance transportation. It is also the story of four men whose courage and determination kept the programme going despite the obstacles thrown in their way - until the Navy deliberately ignored a fatal design flaw, bringing the programme crashing back to earth. The subsequent cover-up prevented the truth from being told for more than eighty years. Now, for the first time, what really happened can be revealed.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	John J. Geoghegan
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-8783-7
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Aviation manufacturing industry Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Transport industries > Aerospace & air transport industries > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history Promotions
LSN:	0-7509-8783-9
Barcode:	9780750987837

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