Detailed criticism of book by E. F. Spanner entitled "This Airship Business"; Spanner's arguments for abandoning experiments with airships are refuted; political points; great deal of book devoted to quotations from patents; technical aspect; treats subject in pseudo-scientific manner; fineness ratio; tubular construction; gas bags; fire risk; lack of reserve buoyancy.


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    Title :

    This airship business


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Published in:

    Flight ; 20 , n 4


    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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