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Here's a link to a conversation I had about my book in early June: youtu.be/a0i8684mdFk?t=329
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Publisher Frank A Munsey died on this day: one of his magazines was 'The All-Story', so here are some of it's covers, from 1906-1913, (Artist: ?, Harry Grant Dart, ? and F. W. Small). The author for the 3rd's cover story was E. L. Bacon, the 4th Robert Ames Bennet:
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Nonrigid airship showing nose stiffening. Picture published 1927 in Pressure Airships (HathiTrust)
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British airship R9. Picture published 1925 (HathiTrust)
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Anthony's wireless airship, remote controlled by wireless telegraphy, 1912 (Bain collection/LOC)
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Kaiser Wilhelm observes Zeppelin overhead. Picture published 1909 in Utah Ogden Standard (LOC)
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German balloon Parseval Eigsfeld, pictrue published 1915 in Deutsche Eroberung der Luft (uniTuebingen)
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Santos Dumont No 4, 1900. Published in L'Aerophile (Archive.org)
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Zeppelin Z 3 in 1906. Picture published 1911 in Braunbecks Sportlexikon: Luftschiffahrt (HathiTrust)
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Dirigible in Fort Omaha, Nebraska. Picture published Sept. 2, 1917 in the NYTimes (LOC)
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Could it be more adorable?
Forlanini airship Leonardo da Vinci. Picture published 1910 in Flight (HathiTrust)
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Forlanini airship Leonardo da Vinci. Picture published 1910 in Flight (HathiTrust)
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Airships being part of the Navy makes perfect sense.
Zeppelin Z 3 in 1908 as Army Z I. Picture published 1911 Braunbecks Sportlexikon: Luftschiffahrt (HathiTrust)
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Zeppelin Z 3 in 1908 as Army Z I. Picture published 1911 Braunbecks Sportlexikon: Luftschiffahrt (HathiTrust)
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Not really an airship, but love the idea of floating over the Capitol. I suspect the Capitol Police would be less amused.
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The best way to see the world.
Airship Italia over Sweden, 1928 (Boston Public Library)
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Airship Italia over Sweden, 1928 (Boston Public Library)
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Drawing of aerial anti-Zeppelin mines. Picture published September 17, 1914 in the Chicago Day Book (LOC)
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Today's Zeppelin retweeted
Nov 10 1915 #OTD Bystander magazine publishes this photos of what it calls the Swine of the Air Silhouetted on the Earth illustratedfirstworldwar.com…
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Tail of Zeppelin L45 (LZ 85) downed near Damblain France, 1917 (NARA)
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