Ground-Handling Large Airships: A Cinderella Profession

by Giles Camplin

Before aircraft fly, someone must make them ready. Airships are no exception. But the word 'airship' carries a lot of historical baggage and encompasses a wide range of complex flying machines that includes the largest objects ever to have flown. Moreover, the airship groundcrew personnel who provisioned, weighed-off and launched all these airships, prior to their every flight, were also expected to clean, maintain and test a bewildering array...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785073621
• ISBN13: 9781785073625
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: New Generation Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"