Portals into the Sky
A Collection of Vintage Cockpit Photographs
Cilio, John - Hill, Herb (Editor) - Maxwell, Lisa (Editor)
"Far and away the most complete account of Britain's 226 airships."
Battlebags is the first book to record and describe in detail every single airship built or used by Great Britain during the First World War. Affectionately named 'battlebags' by their crews and 'pigs' by the local civilian inhabitants, Royal Naval Air Service airships were a familiar sight around Britain's shores. At least 226 airships of all types were built and operated by the Royal Navy during the war in a bid to beat the deadly Gerrnan U-boat menace.
Ces Mowthorpe describes the development of the airship in the years leading up to the First World War and the part it was destined to play in the years that followed. The background to each class is given together with details of individual airships, including where they were built and stationed, their known crews, plus technical information and particulars of notable flights and total hours flown.
Battlebags is the culmination of more than thirty years research and is fully illustrated with over 150 rare photographs
softcover, large format
113 Seiten / pages
many photos and illustrations
good condition
United Kingdom - 2010 - Vintage Flyer Media
Art.Nr. 14516
