Balloons and Airships
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Around the World in 20 Days: The Story of Our Adventure History-Making Balloon Flight
by Bertrand Piccard  Synopsis A roller-coaster adventure of emotional highs and lows. aLibrary Journal Into the real thin air: The gripping story of the history-making around-the-world balloon flight as told by the pilots themselves. In this dramatic and inspiring account...
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Balloon Flying Handbook
by Federal Aviation Administration Publisher Comments For pilots ready to go up, up, and away in their beautiful balloons, this official handbook is a must-have. Created by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), it conforms to the agency's certification standards and offers both beginning and...
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Hot Air Balloons: Flights of Fancy and Fantasy
by Ailsa Spindler Publisher Comments This volume is a tribute to all balloonists past and present....
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Man Flies: The Story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, Master of the Balloon
by Nancy Winters Book News Annotation Tells how wealthy Brazilian heir Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) came of age in Paris determined to live out the novels of Jules Verne by developing human flight. Describes how his airships gradually improved so that he was counted brilliant as well as...
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Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space
by Craig Ryan Publisher Comments The strange, exhilarating, and haunting story of the man who broke the world record for manned balloon altitude. Locked in a desperate Cold War race against the Soviets to find out if humans could survive in space and live through a free fall from space...
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Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of the Airship
by Lee Payne Book News Annotation Revised edition of a great history of lighter-than-air craft with a concentration on the dirigibles, their commercial and military roles. Payne gives fair space to current technology and the future. Embellished by hundreds of photos (b&w). Annotation...
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Disaster at the Pole: The Tragedy of the Airship Italia and the 1928 Nobile Expedition to the North Pole
by Wilbur Cross Publisher Comments In 1926, General Umberto Nobile, one of Italy's premier aeronautical engineers, gained acclaim by crossing the North Pole in a dirigible, accompanied by the famous Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. Encouraged by his success, Nobile decided in 1928 to...
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Zeppelin!: Germany and the Airship, 1900--1939
by Guillaume De Syon Publisher Comments de Syon offers a captivating history of this technological wonder, from development and production to its impact on German culture and society....
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Lighter Than Air: An Illustrated History of the Development of Hot Air Baloons and Airships
by David Owen Publisher Comments Chronicles the history of ballooning from the Montgolfier brothers first flight in 1782 to the recent record-breaking feats. Hot-air balloons, dirigibles, and airships have been involved in scientific research, warfare, and polar exploration as well as...
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Hindenburg :an illustrated history
by Rick Archbold Book News Annotation Sumptuous, big (12x11"), nostalgic, heavily-illustrated (including original paintings--and a couple of lush color computer graphic creations). A preeminent coffee-table book. The abundant text covers the history of steerable balloon development, WWI...
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The joy of ballooning
by George Denniston Publisher Comments Up, up, and away with more than 100 breathtaking color photographs of spectacular balloons in action! "The Joy of Ballooning", written by a contributing editor to Balloon Life magazine, offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes view of the world of hot air...
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Man Flies :santos-dumont
by Nancy Winters
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R101: Airship Disaster: 1930
by Tim Coates
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Balloons: The First Two Hundred Years
by Antonio Sotomayor
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Ride the Wind: U. S. A. to Africa
by Anne Hillerman
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Airship Story of R34 & First East West
by Partick Abbott
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Hindenburg: Peace War Aftermath
by Gerhard Schultze-Pfaelzer
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Flying: The Memoirs of a Spanish Aeronaut
by Thomas F. Glick
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Santos Dumont a Study in Obsession
by Peter Wykeham
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