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Download or read book Airships written by Barry Hannah and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN/Malamud Award, Airships is a “strong, original, tragic and funny” story collection of “the creative Southern tradition” (Alfred Kazin). One of the most revered short story collections of the past fifty years, Airships remains a vital text in the history of the American short story. The award-winning contemporary classic features twenty wildly original, exuberant, often hilarious stories that celebrate the universal peculiarities of the new American South—a land of high school band contests where good old boys from Vicksburg are reunited in Vietnam, and petty nostalgia and the incessant pain of disappointed love prevail in spite of our worst efforts. Hailed by none other than Larry McMurtry as “the best young writer to appear in the South since Flannery O’Connor,” Barry Hannah’s immense storytelling gifts are on striking display in this essential work. “Hannah takes fiction by surprise—scenes, shocks, sounds and amazements: an explosive but meticulous originality.” —Cynthia Ozick
Download or read book N-4 Down written by Mark Piesing and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." —Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. Triumphantly returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928, the world-famous exploring airship Italia—code-named N-4—was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history. Helping lead the search was Roald Amundsen, the poles’ greatest explorer, who himself soon went missing in the frozen wastes. Amundsen’s body has never been found, the last victim of one of the Arctic’s most enduring mysteries . . . During the Roaring Twenties, zeppelin travel embodied the exuberant spirit of the age. Germany’s luxurious Graf Zeppelin would run passenger service from Germany to Brazil; Britain’s Imperial Airship was launched to connect an empire; in America, the iconic spire of the rising Empire State Building was designed as a docking tower for airships. But the novel mode of transport offered something else, too: a new frontier of exploration. Whereas previous Arctic and Antarctic explorers had subjected themselves to horrific—often deadly—conditions in their attempts to reach uncharted lands, airships held out the possibility of speedily soaring over the hazards. In 1926, the famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen—the first man to reach the South Pole—partnered with the Italian airship designer General Umberto Nobile to pioneer flight over the North Pole. As Mark Piesing uncovers in this masterful account, while that mission was thought of as a great success, it was in fact riddled with near disasters and political pitfalls. In May 1928, his relationship with Amundsen corroded beyond the point of collaboration, Nobile, his dog, and a crew of fourteen Italians, one Swede, and one Czech, set off on their own in the airship Italia to discover new lands in the Arctic Circle and to become the first airship to land men on the pole. But near the North Pole they hit a terrible storm and crashed onto the ice. Six crew members were never seen again; the injured (including Nobile) took refuge on ice flows,unprepared for the wretched conditions and with little hope for survival. Coincidentally, in Oslo a gathering of famous Arctic explorers had assembled for a celebration of the first successful flight from Alaska to Norway. Hearing of the accident, Amundsen set off on his own desperate attempt to find Nobile and his men. As the weeks passed and the largest international polar rescue expedition mobilized, the survivors engaged in a last-ditch struggle against weather, polar bears, and despair. When they were spotted at last, the search plane landed—but the pilot announced that there was room for only one passenger. . . . Braiding together the gripping accounts of the survivors and their heroic rescuers, N-4 Down tells the unforgettable true story of what happened when the glamour and restless daring of the zeppelin age collided with the harsh reality of earth’s extremes.
Book Synopsis Airship Design by : Charles Paine Burgess
Download or read book Airship Design written by Charles Paine Burgess and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Transatlantic Airships by : John Christopher
Download or read book Transatlantic Airships written by John Christopher and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Transatlantic Airships, John Christopher recounts the fascinating story of the lighter-than-air 'pond hoppers' from the earliest schemes and bold pioneering flights, including the triumphant double-crossing by the R34. The book goes on to describe the rise of the Zeppelins and the ambitious British scheme to connect its far-flung Empire, the US Navy's lighter-than-air craft and the incredible post-war proposals for colossal atomic-powered leviathans. It is a story of fantastic visionaries, incredible flying machines, great moments of triumph and, ultimately, of spectacular disaster. AUTHOR John Christopher started flying balloons in the 1980s and has flown almost every size from tiny one-man cloudhoppers to huge people-carriers. He is also a journalist and author specializing in all aspects of aviation. For twelve years he edited Aerostat, the journal of British Balloon & Airship Club. ILLUSTRATIONS 250 colour photos *
Book Synopsis Airship Technology by : G. A. Khoury
Download or read book Airship Technology written by G. A. Khoury and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and indispensable guide to modern airship design and operation, for researchers and professionals working in mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Book Synopsis Floating to Space by : John M. Powell
Download or read book Floating to Space written by John M. Powell and published by Collectors Guide Pub. This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book & DVD. From the Space Shuttle, to Soyuz, to Spaceship One, riding the explosion at the bottom of a rocket has historically been the only path to space. Is there another way? "Floating to Space" in an overview of the new technology of space-bound airships. What, the Goodyear blimp goes to Mars? Yes! The technology called ATO, "Airship to Orbit" is being developed right now. Hypersonic airships and cities floating at the edge of space are all part of this seemingly impossible idea. Beyond describing the concept, this book shows the amazing adventure of those who are building these giant craft and throwing them into the sky. Not just a fantasy, this book shows photographs and details from the nearly one hundred development flights conducted so far. . . Included are descriptions of the environment where these craft fly to the edge of space. New findings such as life twenty miles up and mile high plasma volcanoes are introduced for the first time outside of scientific journals. This book shows you how ATO is to be accomplished from a project and economic prospective. It also details the progress so far and lays out a blueprint of what is to come. Includes a DVD of remarkable footage taken during the many test flights of JP Aerospace's unique experiments floating to space.
Book Synopsis Jane's Pocket Book of Airships by : Arthur Frederick Daubeney Eveleigh-de Moleyns Baron Ventry
Download or read book Jane's Pocket Book of Airships written by Arthur Frederick Daubeney Eveleigh-de Moleyns Baron Ventry and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Giant Airships by : Douglas Botting
Download or read book The Giant Airships written by Douglas Botting and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wartime air ships, epic of flight.
Book Synopsis Army Metalclad Airship, Hearings ..., on H.R.12199, May 27, 29, 1930 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
Download or read book Army Metalclad Airship, Hearings ..., on H.R.12199, May 27, 29, 1930 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Airship Investigation by : United States. Congress. Investigate Dirgible Disasters Joint committee. 260:
Download or read book Airship Investigation written by United States. Congress. Investigate Dirgible Disasters Joint committee. 260: and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rigid Airships written by Friedrich Stahl and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Umberto Nobile And the Arctic Search for the Airship Italia by : Garth Cameron
Download or read book Umberto Nobile And the Arctic Search for the Airship Italia written by Garth Cameron and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-09-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time it was over, eight of the crew and nine rescuers were dead and scores more had been put in harm’s way. The disappearance and search for the airship Italia was headline news, all over the world, for months after its last radio message on 25 May 1928. It had reported being to the north-east of its base at Kings Bay, on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, returning from a long flight to Greenland and the North Pole. Ships, aircraft and men from many countries converged on Kings Bay to participate in the rescue effort. The Italian airship designer and pilot Umberto Nobile had flown to the North Pole and beyond in 1926. He resolved to return to the Arctic with a new airship in 1928. The expedition had geographical and scientific aims, but the political environment was also an important motivator. Benito Mussolini and his fascist party had come to power in 1922 and a successful expedition to the Arctic would be excellent propaganda.
Book Synopsis His Majesty's Airship by : S.C. Gwynne
Download or read book His Majesty's Airship written by S.C. Gwynne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The R101 was the largest object ever to take to the air. It was meant to dazzle the world with cutting-edge technology and awesome size. Better than a plane, more luxurious than an ocean liner, the R101 would connect the furthest reaches of the British Empire, tying together far-flung dominions at a time when imperial bonds were fraying. It was, however, not to be. The spectacular crash of the British airship R101 in 1930 changed the world of aviation forever. Most have heard of the fiery crash of the Hindenburg, a German ship that went down in New Jersey seven years later. But the story of R101 and its forty-eight victims has largely been forgotten. His Majesty’s Airship recounts the epic narrative of the ill-fated airship and her eccentric champion, Christopher Thomson. S. C. Gwynne brings to life a lost world of aviators driven by ambition, and killed by hubris.
Book Synopsis Army Metalclad Airship by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs
Download or read book Army Metalclad Airship written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Airship ROMA Disaster in Hampton Roads by : Nancy E. Sheppard
Download or read book The Airship ROMA Disaster in Hampton Roads written by Nancy E. Sheppard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1921, Major John G. Thornell and his crew were detailed to Italy to procure a new experimental airship for the United States Army Air Service. Stationed at Langley Field in Hampton, the ROMA never lived up to expectations despite being heralded as the future of military innovation. Tragically, it crashed and erupted in a ball of fire in 1922, claiming the lives of thirty-four of the brave men aboard. Author Nancy E. Sheppard reveals the forgotten, harrowing story of one of the last great airships and those who sacrificed for the promise of a new era in aviation.
Book Synopsis Manuals Combined: Over 60 1920s-1930s Pre-NASA NACA Airship Studies by :
Download or read book Manuals Combined: Over 60 1920s-1930s Pre-NASA NACA Airship Studies written by and published by Jeffrey Frank Jones. This book was released on with total page 1269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Boys' Book of Airships by : Harry Delacombe
Download or read book The Boys' Book of Airships written by Harry Delacombe and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
