Author: BRECKINRIDGE, Col. Henry.
Title: Airship Investigation. Report of Col. Henry Breckinridge Counsel for the Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disasters.
Description: Washington, Govt Printing Office 1933. Octavo contemporary cloth; [4],177 leaves printed on one side, folding plan. ¶ Zeppelin captain Anton Heinen's copy of the preliminary printing for the Committee. Printed only on rectos quite crudely - pages are crooked, ink is uneven and often smudged - it looks like a few copies were rushed through on a proofing press, with final details like the contents' list left unfinished. Was it printed again properly? This inquiry was sparked by the crash of the Akron. Heinen, one of the expert witnesses, was the most experienced airship pilot in America and probably the most experienced and irascible expert witness at crash inquiries. He had started in airships in 1911, been a test pilot of zeppelins and instructor during the war and had moved to America in 1921.

Keywords: aviation aeronautics zeppelins airships dirigibles c20th America association