About the Author

Richard K. Smith received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Airships Akron and Macon: Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy, the award-winning First Across! The U.S. Navy's Transatlantic Flight of 1919 and numerous articles on the history of aeronautics. He died before completing the manuscript of Five Down, No Glory.

Reviews

On rare occasions an aviation book appears that is everything . . . a treatise which is based on original research, on a subject hitherto barely covered in available writing, and that is complete and accurate enough that it will remain for many years as a standard and lasting reference. This book is one of these." -- American Aviation Historical Society Journal "...technical enough to please even an old airshipman, and in such an easy style that the layman can readily grasp the technical aspects." -- The San Jose Mercury-Herald

On rare occasions an aviation book appears that is everything . . . a treatise which is based on original research, on a subject hitherto barely covered in available writing, and that is complete and accurate enough that it will remain for many years as a standard and lasting reference. This book is one of these." -- American Aviation Historical Society Journal "...technical enough to please even an old airshipman, and in such an easy style that the layman can readily grasp the technical aspects." -- The San Jose Mercury-Herald