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Category : Airships
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Kite Balloons to Airships--
Author: Kite Balloons to Airships... the Navy's Lighter-Than Air Experience
Author: Roy GrossnickPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781478386186
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The dawn of aviation began with lighter-than-air craft and gliders. They were in the forefront of what eventually led to the Wright brothers' activities at Kitty Hawk. The Navy's early use of lighter-than-air craft may be traced back to the American Civil War. However, it was a short-lived affair and these LTA possibilities were not pursued after the war. With the advent of airplanes in naval service, the Navy again turned its interest to lighter-than-air craft. The Navy's lighter-than-air program blossomed and its fleet of airships became the largest the world has ever seen. During the era of the giant rigid airships, the Navy built some of the largest airships in the world. Many achievements were recorded by the Navy's LTA branch and new records were set, records which still remain unbroken today. This monograph is intended to provide an overview of the Navy's involvement with balloons, airships and their operations, which shows their failures and accomplishments and their contributions to the Navy's mission of guarding the sea lanes of America. It is not an in-depth study of the LTA program, but provides an overall look at the history of LTA in the Navy. Various aspects of the LTA program have had extensive coverage, especially the rigid airship era; however, the entire history of LTA in the Navy has not been told under one cover. The Navy's LTA program technically ended in the 1960s. But the evolutionary trends that can be seen in history could possibly bring back certain functions of LTA and make them viable in today's world of supersonic flight and space travel.
Kite Balloons to Airships--
Author: Roy A. GrossnickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airships
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Kite Balloons to Airships--
Author: The Design and Stability of Streamline Kite Balloons
Author: Percy James Hammond SumnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Airships Past and Present
Author: Alfred HildebrandtPublisher: London : A. Constable
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Type "M" Kite Balloon Handbook
Author: United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Construction and RepairPublisher:
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
On development, design, construction, instruments, inspection, operation, and repair; with data on required parts, and fabric and rigging characteristics.
Balloons, Airships and Flying Machines
Author: Gertrude BaconPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Kite Balloon Training Manual
Author: Great Britain. Royal Naval Air ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balloons
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
British Airships, Past, Present, and Future
Author: George WhalePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547214129
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
INTRODUCTION Lighter-than-air craft consist of three distinct types: Airships, which are by far the most important, Free Balloons, and Kite Balloons, which are attached to the ground or to a ship by a cable. They derive their appellation from the fact that when charged with hydrogen, or some other form of gas, they are lighter than the air which they displace. Of these three types the free balloon is by far the oldest and the simplest, but it is entirely at the mercy of the wind and other elements, and cannot be controlled for direction, but must drift whithersoever the wind or air currents take it. On the other hand, the airship, being provided with engines to propel it through the air, and with rudders and elevators to control it for direction and height, can be steered in whatever direction is desired, and voyages can be made from one place to another--always provided that the force of the wind is not sufficiently strong to overcome the power of the engines. The airship is, therefore, nothing else than a dirigible balloon, for the engines and other weights connected with the structure are supported in the air by an envelope or balloon, or a series of such chambers, according to design, filled with hydrogen or gas of some other nature. It is not proposed, in this book, to embark upon a lengthy and highly technical dissertation on aerostatics, although it is an intricate science which must be thoroughly grasped by anyone who wishes to possess a full knowledge of airships and the various problems which occur in their design. Certain technical expressions and terms are, however, bound to occur, even in the most rudimentary work on airships, and the main principles underlying airship construction will be described as briefly and as simply as is possible. The term "lift" will appear many times in the following pages, and it is necessary to understand what it really means. The difference between the weight of air displaced and the weight of gas in a balloon or airship is called the "gross lift." The term "disposable," or "nett" lift, is obtained by deducting the weight of the structure, cars, machinery and other fixed weights from the gross lift. The resultant weight obtained by this calculation determines the crew, ballast, fuel and other necessities which can be carried by the balloon or airship. The amount of air displaced by an airship can be accurately weighed, and varies according to barometric pressure and the temperature; but for the purposes of this example we may take it that under normal conditions air weighs 75 lb. per 1,000 cubic feet. Therefore, if a balloon of 1,000 cubic feet volume is charged with air, this air contained will weigh 75 lb. It is then manifest that a balloon filled with air would not lift, because the air is not displaced with a lighter gas. Hydrogen is the lightest gas known to science, and is used in airships to displace the air and raise them from the ground. Hydrogen weighs about one-fifteenth as much as air, and under normal conditions 1,000 cubic feet weighs 5 lb....