"[READ DOWNLOAD] Empires of the Sky: Zeppelins, Airplanes, and Two Men's Epic Duel to Rule the World
The Golden Age of Aviation is brought to life in this story of the giant Zeppelin airships that once roamed the sky—a story that ended with the fiery destruction of the Hindenburg.“Genius . . . a definitive tale of an incredible time when mere mortals learned to fly.”—Keith O’Brien, The New York TimesAt the dawn of the twentieth century, when human flight was still considered an impossibility, Germany’ Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin vied with the Wright Brothers to build the world’ first successful flying machine. As the Wrights labored to invent the airplane, Zeppelin fathered the remarkable airship, sparking a bitter rivalry between the two types of aircraft and their innovators that would last for decades, in the quest to control one of humanity’ most inspiring achievements.And it was the airship—not the airplane—that led the way. In the glittery 1920s, the count’ brilliant protégé, Hugo Eckener, achieved undreamed-of
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