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British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century
Malcolm Fife
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Description for British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century
Hardcover. The First book to examine the bases that British airships flew from in detail Num Pages: 320 pages, 180 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 174 x 26. Weight in Grams: 978.
Numerous books have been written on airships, but few concentrate on the bases and infrastructure which supported their operations. British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century documents the development of airship facilities, beginning with their primitive arrangement prior to the First World War. The outbreak of hostilities in 1914 resulted in the adoption of airships for military purposes: ambitious bases and mooring-out stations were established across Britain, operated chiefly by the Royal Naval Air Service for the protection of shipping against U-boats. Finally, Malcolm Fife also relates the aeronautical developments, airship accidents, and post-war vacuum which led to the closure ... Read more
Numerous books have been written on airships, but few concentrate on the bases and infrastructure which supported their operations. British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century documents the development of airship facilities, beginning with their primitive arrangement prior to the First World War. The outbreak of hostilities in 1914 resulted in the adoption of airships for military purposes: ambitious bases and mooring-out stations were established across Britain, operated chiefly by the Royal Naval Air Service for the protection of shipping against U-boats. Finally, Malcolm Fife also relates the aeronautical developments, airship accidents, and post-war vacuum which led to the closure ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781552810
SKU
V9781781552810
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99-5
About Malcolm Fife
Malcolm Fife is a professional photographer with a strong interest in history. His first published articles were illustrated features for the Scots Magazine. This was followed by his book The Nor Loch-Scotland's Lost Loch, a history of the body of water that once existed underneath Edinburgh Castle. After this, he wrote a number of publications on individual airfield histories followed ... Read more
Reviews for British Airship Bases of the Twentieth Century
well organized and profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and maps. The work contains appendices, endnotes, and bibliography, all of which make it a useful reference work. It covers the period from the early pioneers through to the modern era and it provides a good clear examination of the airship bases and the airships that flew from these locations in the ... Read more