Military, naval and civil airships since 1783 : the history and development of the dirigible airship in peace and war /: the history and development of the dirigible airship in peace and war. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel George Ridley-Kitts.
• Other Names: Ridley-Kitts, Daniel George
• Contents: Cover; Title; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction The Conquest of the Air; 1 The Airship: An Explanation; 2 The Development of the Dirigible 1783-1914; 3 Early British Efforts 1878-1914; 4 The First British Rigid: Mayfly; 5 Interim 1912-14: The Astra-Torres, Parseval & Forlanini Airships; 6 The Second Navy Rigid: R9; 7 War at Sea: Sea Scouts vs the U-boat; 8 War at Sea: Airships with the Grand Fleet; 9 Air Defence of Great Britain: Opening Moves; 10 Air Defence of Great Britain: Nemesis; 11 Zeppeline Gegen England und Weiter 1915-18; 12 The R23 & 23X Classes. 13 Short Brothers' Wooden-Framed Y Type: R31 & R3214 R34 Across the Atlantic; 15 The Last of the Aerial Cruisers: R36 & Shenandoah; 16 The Vickers R80, Airship Sheds & Mooring Masts; 17 The Admiralty A Type: R38/ZR2; 18 The Airship vs the Flying Boat; 19 Airship Development in the Interwar Years; 20 From the Second World War to the Present Day; Appendix 1 The R34's Transatlantic Flight; Appendix 2 Airship Development in Great Britain 1900-30; Appendix 3 The LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin; Appendix 4 The First Zeppelin Raid on the British Isles; Bibliography; Copyright.
• Publisher Details: Stroud : History
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (300 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 623.74309; Airships -- History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science; Airships; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0752490370; 9780752490373
• Related ISBNs: 9780752464718; 075246471X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 295) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.