101 Hours in a Zeppelin

NOW IN STOCK! 101 Hours in a Zeppelin Ernst August Lehmann and the Dream of Transatlantic Flight, 1917 Author:Robert S. Pohl Language:English text Format:Hardback Dimensions:6" x 9" Pages:208 Photos:20 b+w photos Publisher:Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN:9780764366413 Item No. 9780764366413 Based on the original letters of physics professor Robert Wichard Pohl, who spent several years flying on zeppelins during the First World War, this book tells the story of the first flight to exceed 100 hours in the air. Along the way, it tells the story of those men responsible for the flight, as well as the history of both airship development and the continuing interest in transatlantic flight. The particular flight described in Pohl's account was captained by Ernst August Lehmann, Germany's foremost airship captain, who was killed on the Hindenburg in 1937. It shows how this flight put into operation the lessons lea