The Zeppelin

摘要

It is often said in publishing circles that if you want to lose your shirt on an aviation title, all you need to do is to choose as the subject either helicopters or general aviation. Close behind, I fear, come airships. This is a pity. Author Belafi's text reviews both Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin the man and his designs, which included a number of fixed-wing aircraft. He covers Hindenburg's fiery end at Lakehurst, New Jersey on 6 May 1937 in suitable detail, but wisely (there have been far too many already) resists the temptation to add 'new insight' into its 'true cause'.