Military, Naval and Civil Airships Since 1783

This book traces the development of the air-ship, relating the struggles of the early pioneers, from the Montgolfier brothers, and the parallel of the hydrogen balloon.
In the present age, air ships are again being considered for new uses including airborne military command posts and geostationary unmanned 'Aerostats' harvesting power from jet streams to provide an unlimited power supply of electrical power for the planet.