When giants roamed the sky : Karl Arnstein and the rise of airships from Zeppelin to Goodyear /
"Karl Arnstein's life was defined by the world wars which shattered Europe. But for these cataclysmic events, his life's work might have been far different." "From Zeppelin in Germany to Goodyear in Akron, Ohio, Arnstein participated in the design and development of more air...
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Akron, Ohio :
University of Akron Press,
c2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Series on Ohio history and culture
Ohio history and culture |
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Table of Contents:
- Early influences
- The Zeppelin phenomenon
- The stress analyst in Friedrichshafen
- Love and war
- Post-war transitions
- and the Americans
- A Zeppelin for America
- A winter of discontent
- Farewell to Friedrichshafen
- Twelve disciples in the New World
- Investigations and inventions
- The competition
- The patented hanger
- A Goodyear Zeppelin to buiild
- USS Akron, the new queen of the Air
- Cause for concern
- Into the stratosphere
- All eyes on the Macon
- New challenges, new directions
- Goodyear-Zeppelin becomes Goodyear Aircraft
- Post-war into cold war
- The legacy : Up ship!