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The Age of the Airship

by C. Michael Hiam, ForeEdge,

2014, $29.95.

This very well written book

is welcome for its insightful

treatment of the airship,

which once seemed so prom-

ising for so many reasons.

Unfortunately, the airship

concept was cursed by its

many catastrophes, especially

by the endlessly repeated

destruction of Hindenburg.

Today there seems to be new

interest in the lighter-than-

air concept, inspired by the

very elements that had in the

past failed it: new structural

materi als and techniques.

C. Michael Hiam takes a

very evenhanded approach,

and one of the great merits

of his book is that it recalls

the towering personalities of

the past, including Alberto

Santos-Dumont, Walter

Wellman, Roald Amundsen,

Hugo Eckner and of course

Count Ferdinand von Zep-

pelin himself. The airship’s

specialized capability—car-

rying substantial loads over

distances far exceeding the

airplanes of the day—meant

that it was used to attempt the

riskiest missions, including

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bombing missions against

London and transatlantic

passenger service at a time

when meteorology was inad-

equate for the required seven-

to 10-day projections.

There were two problems

inherent in the Zeppelin-

style airship, whether built

and engineered by the

Germans, Americans or

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notorious of these was the

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precautions were taken in

constructing the bags that

contained the hydrogen, no

matter how carefully they

were positioned, no mat-

ter how expert the crews,

hydrogen was simply too

hazardous. But hydrogen

was available, it had the nec-

essary lifting qualities and

the men who ordered its use

were not those who were des-

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the United States possessed

quantities of helium for air-

ship use, which was far safer.

The second problem was

that neither the materials

nor the design capability

necessary for such huge

structures was yet available.

The dirigibles were so enor-

mous that the nose of the

airship could be subjected

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weather conditions than the

tail, with consequent wrench-

ing and destruction of key

structural elements.

We can all appreciate

those who designed and built

these giant aircraft, and we

must also surely admire those

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them—and much too often

died in them.

Walter J. Boyne