Synopses & Reviews
Daring flights of early pioneers, descriptions of great American airships, much more beginning with pioneer invention by Dr. Solomon Andrews in 1865 and ending with the Hindenburg crash in 1937. ". . . a dramatic account of a lost cause and the heroic men who fought to keep it alive."
Chicago Sunday Tribune. 32 photos.
Synopsis
Daring flights of early pioneers, descriptions of great American airships, much more beginning with pioneer invention by Dr. Solomon Andrews in 1865 and ending with the Hindenburg crash in 1937. 32 photos.
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. The Amazing Dr. Solomon Andrews
2. The Man in the Wicker Basket
3. Phoenix at Echterdingen
4. Ships at War
5. "The Flying "Lemon"
6. "Daughter of the Stars"
7. The Line Squall
8. Breakup
9. Flight of the Norge
10. The Italia
11. Wilderness of Ice
12. The Millionth Chance
13. "Queen of the Skies"
14. Three Came Back
15. The Happiest Ship
16. Down to the Sea
17. Twilight of the Gods
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index