Historic airships
Historic Airships First voyages in the air -- Journeys by balloon -- Santos-Dumont -- Building wings -- Wilbur and Orville Wright -- The first airplane crossing of the English Channel -- Pioneer long distance flights -- Attempting the Atlantic by dirigible balloon -- The zeppelins -- Aircraft in the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grosset & Dunlap
1928
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/118639 |
| Summary: | Historic Airships First voyages in the air -- Journeys by balloon -- Santos-Dumont -- Building wings -- Wilbur and Orville Wright -- The first airplane crossing of the English Channel -- Pioneer long distance flights -- Attempting the Atlantic by dirigible balloon -- The zeppelins -- Aircraft in the war -- The airplane essays the Atlantic -- The airplane crosses the Atlantic -- From London to Australia -- From Cairo to the Cape -- Across North America -- Around the world -- In the Arctic -- In the wake of Columbus -- To the North Pole -- Lindbergh -- The new era -- The recent adventurers Includes references to Newfoundland |
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