Airshipworld
Book:
The
Log of the HMA R34:
Journey to America and
Back
by Air Commodore E.M. Maitland
(CMG, DSO, AFC)
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Approx. A5 size (225mm x 175mm,
i.e. 9 x 7 inches)
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hardback, 96 pages, foldout
map + 26 illustrations
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ISBN 0-9583693-0-5, August 1997
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Published for the Lighter-Than-Air
Institute by Tiola Consolidated Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
Having been out of print for
many years, the LTAI brings you a new edition of Air Commodore Maitland's
classic 1920 book on the first double crossing of the Atlantic by
air. A day by day account of the two flights - the outward from East Fortune,
Scotland, to Mineola, New York, and the return to Pulham, Norfolk.
The westbound flight was not without drama - over 97% of the ship's
fuel supply was used up, the first aerial stowaway was discovered, and
a severe storm encountered; the commander Captain G.H. Scott commented
that he wouldn't have wanted to be in a 23-class rigid in the conditions
the R34 passed through. Two observers were carried - LtCmdr Zachary Lansdowne
westbound, and Col. William Hensley on the return. Lansdowne unluckily
lost his life in the SHENANDOAH breakup, Hensley became rather notorious
for his secret negotiations with the Zeppelin Co. for a rigid airship
for the US Army.
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