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Description
THE BALLOONATICS
by Alan Morris
foreword by Air Vice-Marshal W. F. MacNeece Foster
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 091009405
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Jarrolds Publishers 1970, 1st edition
Size (mm): 140 w x 215 h x 30 d
Pages: 212
SKU: A5/2604/0675/B938
ABOUT
A history of the early British ballooning units whose work helped shape modern military aviation.
Morris follows the men of the Royal Engineers balloon sections from their Victorian era experiments through their deployment in the Boer War and, most notably, on the Western Front in World War I. He captures both the technical challenges, fabric, gas production, tethering systems, observation methods, and the unusual daily life of soldiers who ascended into hostile skies armed only with binoculars, sketchpads, and telephones.
Includes monochrome images and maps.
Maps on end papers.
CONDITION
Immaculate with light wear/marks on dust jacket and page edges, otherwise near new, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce locally
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