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Dr. Eckener's dream machine : the Great Zeppelin and the dawn of air travel
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Dr. Eckener's dream machine : the Great Zeppelin and the dawn of air travel

by Douglas Botting

This history examines the development of the dirigible at the start of the twentieth century and Dr Hugo Eckener's vision for international travel. It chronicles the technological era that culminated in the Graf Zeppelin's round-the-world flight in 1929.

Accession 21112 ISBN 0805064591 Publisher Henry Holt & Co.
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