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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Kite Balloons to Airships-- written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : June Loves
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ISBN 13 : 9780732960926
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Balloons, Airships, Kites and Gliders written by June Loves and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at balloons, airships, kites and various kinds of gliders, discussing their historical development and how they fly. Includes a flight timeline. Suggested level: primary.
Author : June Loves
Publisher : Chelsea House Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780791065631
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (656 download)
Download or read book Balloons, Kites, Airships, and Gliders written by June Loves and published by Chelsea House Publications. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses flight with balloons, kites, airships, and gliders.
Author : Roy A. Grossnick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781410218070
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Kite Balloons to Airships... written by Roy A. Grossnick and published by . This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dawn of aviation began with lighter-than-air craft and gliders. They were in the forefront of what eventually led to the Wright brothers' activities at Kitty Hawk. The Navy's early use of lighter-than-air craft may be traced back to the American Civil War. However, it was a short-lived affair and these LTA possibilities were not pursued after the war. With the advent of airplanes in naval service, the Navy again turned its interest to lighter-than-air craft. The Navy's lighter-than-air program blossomed and its fleet of airships became the largest the world has ever seen. During the era of the giant rigid airships, the Navy built some of the largest airships in the world. Many achievements were recorded by the Navy's LTA branch and new records were set, records which still remain unbroken today. This monograph is intended to provide an overview of the Navy's involvement with balloons, airships and their operations, which shows their failures and accomplishments and their contributions to the Navy's mission of guarding the sea lanes of America. It is not an in-depth study of the LTA program, but provides an overall look at the history of LTA in the Navy. Various aspects of the LTA program have had extensive coverage, especially the rigid airship era; however, the entire history of LTA in the Navy has not been told under one cover. The Navy's LTA program technically ended in the 1960s. But the evolutionary trends that can be seen in history could possibly bring back certain functions of LTA and make them viable in today's world of supersonic flight and space travel.
Author : U. S. Military
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781549972577
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Kite Balloons to Airships written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dawn of aviation began with lighter-than-air craft and gliders. They were in the forefront of what eventually led to the Wright brothers' activities at Kitty Hawk. The Navy's early use of lighter-than-air craft may be traced back to the American Civil War. However, it was a short-lived affair and these LTA possibilities were not pursued after the war. With the advent of airplanes in naval service, the Navy again turned its interest to lighter-than-air craft. The Navy's lighter-than-air program blossomed and its fleet of airships became the largest the world has ever seen. During the era of the giant rigid airships, the Navy built some of the largest airships in the world. Many achievements were recorded by the Navy's LTA branch and new records were set, records which still remain unbroken today. This monograph is intended to provide an overview of the Navy's involvement with balloons, airships and their operations, which shows their failures and accomplishments and their contributions to the Navy's mission of guarding the sea lanes of America. It provides an overall look at the history of LTA in the Navy. Various aspects of the LTA program have had extensive coverage, especially the rigid airship era; however, the entire history of LTA in the Navy has not been told under one cover. The Navy's LTA program technically ended in the 1960s. But the evolutionary trends that can be seen in history could possibly bring back certain functions of LTA and make them viable in today's world of supersonic flight and space travel. Contents include: I. The Early Period * II. The Navy's First Airship * III. The B-class * IV. Early LTA Training * V. World War I * VI. The C-class * VII. New Airship Classes in the Post-WW I Period * VIII. The Demise of the Kite Balloon * IX. The Switch to Helium * X. The Development of LTA's Home Base and the Rigid Airship Program * XI. Pre-WW II Blimps and the Evolution of the K-class * XII. WW II Airships and Their Operations: * ZP-32 Operations * ZP-41 in South America * ZP-21 in the Caribbean * ZP-14 in the Atlantic and Europe * ZP-12 Operations * XIII. Final LTA Operations in WW II and the Amazing Statistics They Compiled * XIV. Post-WW II Development and Operations xv. Airships in the Postwar Period * XVI. LTA Records Set in the 1950s * XVII. The Demise of LTA and a Possible Revival. Some of the topics covered include: Goodyear, Goodrich, World War II, Helium, Lakehurst, Airship Shenandoah, USS Akron, USS Macon, airship disasters, ZP-32, ZP-21, World War II, post-war, heli-stat, aerocrane.
Author : Gertrude Bacon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Balloons, Airships and Flying Machines written by Gertrude Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harry Harper
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Man's Conquest of the Air written by Harry Harper and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Percy Brooksbank Walker
Publisher : Little Brown and Company (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Early Aviation at Farnborough: Balloons, kites, and airships written by Percy Brooksbank Walker and published by Little Brown and Company (UK). This book was released on 1971 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gertrude Bacon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Balloons, Airships and Flying Machines written by Gertrude Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Aeronautical Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Goodyear Airships written by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Aeronautical Department and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Book of Airships written by . and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Percy Brooksbank Walker
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Balloons, Kites, and Airships written by Percy Brooksbank Walker and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rick Schertle
Publisher : Maker Media, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1457187655
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)
Download or read book Planes, Gliders and Paper Rockets written by Rick Schertle and published by Maker Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do helicopters need more or less energy to stay in the sky than an airplane? What pushes a rocket to leave the atmosphere? Why can airplanes have smaller motors than helicopters? Help your students learn the answers to these and other questions! Written for educators, homeschoolers, parents--and kids!--this fully illustrated book provides a fun mix of projects, discussion materials, instructions, and subjects for deeper investigation around the basics of homemade flying objects. With the projects in this book, you can spend more time learning and experimenting, and less time planning and preparing. Complete with download links to PDF templates that expand your teaching, this is your one-stop manual for learning about, interacting with, and being curious about airflow, gravity, torque, power, ballistics, pressure, and force. In Make: Planes, Gliders, and Paper Rockets, you'll make and experiment with: Paper catapult helicopter--add an LED light for night launches! Pull-string stick helicopter Rubber band airplane Simple sled kite 25-cent quick-build kite Air rockets with a parachute or a glider Foam air rocket Rocket stands Bounce rocket Low- and high-pressure rocket launchers
Author : Lord Montagu
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528766024
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (287 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Balloons and Flying Machines written by Lord Montagu and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 21st century - the age of the budget airline - where quick and reliable air travel is available to a large segment of society, it seems hard to comprehend that it is less than 250 years since the first human took to the skies. Although the wing of the bird seemed like the most obvious natural mechanism to attempt replicate, it was actually contained hot air, as demonstrated by the Montgolfiers and their balloon, that gave birth to the era human aviation. Since the first manned balloon flight in 1783, developments have come thick and fast, the airship, the aeroplane, and finally the space shuttle. This reprint of a classic publication by Lord Montagu, from 1907, details the early history of aviation. Complete with illustrations and a brand new introduction, and containing sections such as 'Navigable Balloons', 'A Balloon Duel', and 'A Perilous Ascent', it is a wonderful work for anyone with an interest in the technology and interesting events of the lighter-than-air period of aeronautics.
Author : Jerry Kuntz
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476647429
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book A Leap from the Clouds written by Jerry Kuntz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century, circus aerialists collaborated with show balloonists to perform death-defying stunts, initially by suspending themselves from trapeze bars beneath a balloon, later by jumping from the balloons using fabric parachutes. By the 1890s, these performances became a worldwide craze, remaining in rural fairs and fetes for decades. Many of the original balloon-parachute pioneers went on to play key roles in the creation of airships, test flying the first gliders and airplanes. Based on extensive historical research, this unusual account explores how a nineteenth-century daredevil act united with the desire to achieve human flight. These performers' contributions did not come without a price: dozens, if not hundreds, of people died in horrifying events witnessed by thousands of spectators. This book chronicles the act that had no practical purpose other than entertainment, which eventually evolved into the development of the free-fall parachute pack--a key aviation need--and the foundation of a new activity known as skydiving.
Author : Bayla Singer
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603447164
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Like Sex with Gods written by Bayla Singer and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Human flight is not a simple matter of science and technology. It is a continuing epic of dreams and obsession, of yearning and striving to harness the intellect in the service of the emotions." In Like Sex with Gods: An Unorthodox History of Flight, Bayla Singer offers a unique approach to humanity's fascination with flying. Rather than merely tracing the factual prehistory of flight up to the success of the Wright Brothers, Bayla Singer considers the interaction and influence of our dreams, fantasies, culture, and technology on the age-old quest to fly. This enlightening study begins with the deities and other denizens of the heavens that humanity has created in its religion, literature, and art. At first a monopoly of the gods, flight came to interest humanity as a way to free itself from the physical and intellectual bonds of the earth. The myth of flight eventually gives way to the pursuit of actual flight. Singer shows in compelling detail the many flying machines that have been created, including balloons, gliders, and kites. The accomplishment of the Wright Brothers and our successful trips into space are merely stops on a continuing journey, as our ancient dream of flight continues to push us to new and loftier places. Filled with compelling stories and detailed illustrations, this book provides absorbing reading for aviation experts, those fascinated with the intimate relationship between technology and culture, and all of us who have even a passing interest in flying.
Author : John Christopher
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Balloons at War written by John Christopher and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John, an expert on military balloons, explores their many uses, from Montgolfier's pioneering work through Napoleon's creation of the first balloon 'air force' and the use of balloons in the American Civil War, the Franco-Prussian War, and WWI. There is special focus on the use of balloons for dropping bombs, destroying enemy aircraft, and espionage during WWII.
