Empires of the Sky
Book description
The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg.
“Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien,…
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Rose does a fantastic job explaining how the airship, once considered the future of long-distance transportation, was overtaken by the airplane by recounting the pitched battle between Dr. Hugo Eckener, father of Germany’s Graf Zeppelin, and Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways.
This book reads like an un-put-downable thriller sharing previously unknown information about the golden days of airship travel while revealing the fascinating character of two men who simply refused to give in. The chapters on how Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin’s Luftschiffbau Zeppelin rose to become the undisputed leader in commercial airship travel are particularly strong.…
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