O SELECȚIE URIAȘĂ
Peste 4 milioane de cărți în engleză la prețuri avantajoase.
ISBN | 9780228104438 |
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Autor | Trautman James |
Editura | Firefly Books Ltd |
Limba | english |
Tip copertă | Pevná vazba |
Anul publicării | 2023 |
Număr de pagini | 176 |
Every day there are tens of thousands of transoceanic flights In the 1930s, the invention of planes able to traverse the Atlantic changed the world However, there were already aircraft crossing vast oceans over a decade earlier Lighter than air, these vehicles were called dirigibles, or, as the Germans named them, Graf Zeppelins Illustrated with period photographs, vintage travel posters, blueprints, advertisements and colorful brochures, Zeppelins: The Golden Age of Airships covers every aspect of these fascinating and oft overlooked airships, from their initial designs through to the height of their popularity during the Golden Age of Aviation
At the beginning of the 20th Century, dirigibles transported passengers, mail and other cargo from Europe to the Americas, forever changing the world's concept of time and space Zeppelins: The Golden Age of Airships is a thorough exploration of these awe-inspiring feats of aviation, including:
Zeppelins is not simply the illustrated history of an aircraft
it is the story of a changing world It is the story of the 20th Century, one of imagination, exploration, idealism and tragedy