Airships in Peace War: Being the Second Edition of Aerial Warfare With Seven New Chapters (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The first edition of this book was written early in 1908, at a time when the aeroplane record in Europe represented a flight of only fifteen minutes' duration, and when the Wrights had given no public proof of their flying powers, even in America. Information was exceedingly difficult to obtain, especially in England, where the whole subject of mechanical flight had been shamefully neglected. By the autumn of that year the Wrights had established their fame in Europe and America, and the great movement for the development of aviation had begun.

A year of astounding progress in every direction has followed. Records upon records have been made both by flying machines and dirigible balloons.

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