Project Gutenberg 2016-03-25 Public domain in the USA. 214 Allen, Hugh 1882 1977 The Story of the Airship (Non-rigid) A Study of One of America's Lesser Known Defense Weapons Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan, Paul Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Story of the Airship (Non-rigid)" by Hugh Allen is a historical account written in the early 1940s. The book explores the role and development of non-rigid airships in the context of American defense, particularly during World War I and the period leading up to World War II. It likely appeals to readers interested in military history, aerospace technology, and the evolution of aviation. The opening of the work details the dedication to notable figures associated with airship development and introduces the foreword, which sets the stage for the narrative. It illustrates the strategic importance of non-rigid airships, often referred to as "blimps," in national defense, specifically their potential use in patrolling coastal waters against submarines during times of conflict. The text highlights historical instances, such as the German U-boat operations off the American coast during World War I, to underline the relevance of airships in safeguarding maritime routes, demonstrating how innovations in airship design and operation are explored throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Military airships -- United States TL Text World War II Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Science - General 230250 230197 2025-01-20T14:43:09.096942 2023-09-22T10:00:56.696878 text/html text/html 221443 2016-03-24T19:02:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 3335080 2016-03-24T19:03:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 3607513 2025-01-20T14:43:16.414927 application/epub+zip 3612424 2025-01-20T14:43:11.823958 application/epub+zip 154518 2025-01-20T14:43:10.476966 application/epub+zip 3682291 2025-01-20T14:43:19.505939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3653656 2025-01-20T14:43:15.054996 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204420 2022-09-23T13:14:59.866010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186941 186814 2024-10-21T13:07:53.678747 2023-09-22T10:00:55.512881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 187862 2016-03-24T19:02:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 71421 2016-03-24T19:03:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 187165 2016-03-24T19:03:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 71251 2016-03-24T19:03:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21781 2025-01-20T14:43:19.647930 application/rdf+xml 13099 2025-01-20T14:43:10.576958 image/jpeg 2100 2025-01-20T14:43:10.525942 image/jpeg 3340740 2025-01-20T14:43:09.258995 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog