{"product_id":"9780764366413-101-hours-in-a-zeppelin","title":"101 Hours in a Zeppelin","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErnst August Lehmann and the Dream of Transatlantic Flight, 1917\u003cbr\u003eAn unpublished firsthand account of life aboard a German airship during the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA rare personal account of life aboard a WWI airship, based on the letters of Robert Wichard Pohl, which have never before been translated or published.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Based on the original letters of physics professor Robert Wichard Pohl, who spent several years flying on zeppelins during World War I, this book tells the story of the first flight to exceed 100 hours in the air. Along the way, it recounts the stories of those men responsible for the flight, as well as the history of both airship development and the continuing interest in transatlantic flight. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The particular flight described in Pohl's account was captained by Ernst August Lehmann, Germany's foremost airship captain, who was killed on the \u003cem\u003eHindenburg\u003c\/em\u003e in 1937. It shows how this flight put into operation the lessons learned in the development of airships and their use in the First World War, to prove that these fragile giants were capable of flying across the Atlantic. In doing so, it fills a gap between the two great areas of interest in airships. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  This is a book for aviation history enthusiasts that tells the full story of a well-known, but little-described, chapter in aviation history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40852060045409,"sku":"9780764366413","price":18.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30150273.jpg?v=1726731758","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780764366413-101-hours-in-a-zeppelin","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}