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_aWalters, E. Walter, _d1877- |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aHeroic airmen and their exploits |
| 250 | _aFirst edition | ||
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-08-29 | ||
| 508 | _aFiona Holmes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive. | ||
| 520 | _aHeroic airmen and their exploits by E. Walter Walters is a historical account written in the early 20th century. It traces the rise of flight and celebrates the courage of First World War pilots and aircrew, especially those who battled Zeppelins over Britain. Emphasizing narrative over technicalities, it highlights notable flyers and dramatic interceptions that captured the public imagination. The opening of the work sets a non-technical, commemorative tone, sketches the aim to illuminate brave deeds, and briefly outlines how the book will proceed. It surveys early airship progress (the Robert brothers, Giffard, Tissandier, Renard) and Santos-Dumont’s achievements, then moves through semi‑rigid and non‑rigid designs toward the Zeppelin, alongside the birth of the aeroplane from Wenham, Maxim, Langley, and the Wrights to Farman, Blériot, and Antoinette. Clear explanations of Zeppelin structure and buoyancy control, plus a primer on aeroplane handling and pilot training, prepare readers for wartime episodes. The narrative then recounts 1916 raids on Britain and the actions that stopped them: Robinson’s destruction of a Zeppelin at Cuffley, Sowrey and Brandon bringing down or forcing down two more (with the detailed inspection of L33), and Lieutenant W. K. Tempest’s night interception near Potters Bar—told through eyewitness scenes of searchlights, gunfire, blazing wreckage, and the honors that followed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cLondon: Charles H. Kelly, 1917 |
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| 653 | _aAeronautics | ||
| 653 | _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations | ||
| 856 | 4 | _uhttps://archive.org/details/heroicairmenthei00walt/page/n7/mode/2up | |
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