Comments on: The Scareship Age http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Airminded · Mowing devils, old hags, and phantom airships http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-76064 Airminded · Mowing devils, old hags, and phantom airships Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:33:47 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-76064 [...] for example, that airships were being constructed by the media as a threat to Britain before the phantom airship scares of 1909 and 1913, that such ideas were widespread. So it’s likely that phantom airship [...] [...] for example, that airships were being constructed by the media as a threat to Britain before the phantom airship scares of 1909 and 1913, that such ideas were widespread. So it’s likely that phantom airship [...]

]]> By: Airminded · The Germans are coming! http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-75209 Airminded · The Germans are coming! Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:04:31 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-75209 [...] their nation: in the First World War — even before their country was in it — there were reports of aircraft flying across the border from Canada at night, perhaps bringing spies and saboteurs. That there [...] [...] their nation: in the First World War — even before their country was in it — there were reports of aircraft flying across the border from Canada at night, perhaps bringing spies and saboteurs. That there [...]

]]> By: Airminded · The Russians are coming! http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-74865 Airminded · The Russians are coming! Thu, 29 May 2008 17:32:25 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-74865 [...] replaced in the New Zealand imagination by Germans, and the commerce raiders were supplemented by airships. Finally, in the Second World War, some Germans and Japanese submarines did come to New Zealand, [...] [...] replaced in the New Zealand imagination by Germans, and the commerce raiders were supplemented by airships. Finally, in the Second World War, some Germans and Japanese submarines did come to New Zealand, [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-73445 Brett Holman Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:10:37 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-73445 Glad I could help! Glad I could help!

]]> By: Lester Hawksby http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-73322 Lester Hawksby Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:45:24 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-73322 That's the book! I've been looking for that book for years after reading it in (rather to my surprise) a university engineering library - but failed to track it down as I'd never recorded the name of the author and never quite believed my memory about the foreword being by Maxim. Thank you, that's been bothering me for ages. Now I can go buy one. Thanks also for the excellent blog! That’s the book! I’ve been looking for that book for years after reading it in (rather to my surprise) a university engineering library - but failed to track it down as I’d never recorded the name of the author and never quite believed my memory about the foreword being by Maxim.

Thank you, that’s been bothering me for ages. Now I can go buy one.

Thanks also for the excellent blog!

]]> By: Airminded · The Sheerness Incident http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-62133 Airminded · The Sheerness Incident Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:36:24 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-62133 [...] and the intention to attack Britain from the air. This lent plausibility to further reports of phantom airships seen in British skies early in 1913, which in turn reinforced the calls from the conservative press [...] [...] and the intention to attack Britain from the air. This lent plausibility to further reports of phantom airships seen in British skies early in 1913, which in turn reinforced the calls from the conservative press [...]

]]> By: Airminded · The lodgings of the damned http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-54983 Airminded · The lodgings of the damned Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:19:19 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-54983 [...] workings of the human mind (singular and collective).3 Which brings me to my own pet obsession, the British phantom airship scares of 1909 and 1913. Fort was, to my knowledge, the first writer after 1918 to discuss them, in New Lands (1923) and [...] [...] workings of the human mind (singular and collective).3 Which brings me to my own pet obsession, the British phantom airship scares of 1909 and 1913. Fort was, to my knowledge, the first writer after 1918 to discuss them, in New Lands (1923) and [...]

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-49726 Brett Holman Thu, 24 May 2007 15:16:58 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-49726 Thanks, Chris! I'd be very interested to hear if you find anything as I've never heard of any Latin American equivalents. I could imagine that there might be some Mexican ones, though, if Mexicans were worried about aggression from its hi-tech neighbour to the north ... Thanks, Chris! I’d be very interested to hear if you find anything as I’ve never heard of any Latin American equivalents. I could imagine that there might be some Mexican ones, though, if Mexicans were worried about aggression from its hi-tech neighbour to the north …

]]> By: Chris Conway http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-49654 Chris Conway Wed, 23 May 2007 13:39:40 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-49654 Brett, this is a phenomenal post. I had no idea about what a global phenomenon this was. I am going to an archive next week and will look for references to some of these airships in Mexico. As far as I know, there were no airship scares in Mexico. But I'm still curious about how this news played in Mexico and if it sparked Mexican sightings. Brett, this is a phenomenal post. I had no idea about what a global phenomenon this was. I am going to an archive next week and will look for references to some of these airships in Mexico. As far as I know, there were no airship scares in Mexico. But I’m still curious about how this news played in Mexico and if it sparked Mexican sightings.

]]> By: Airminded · Air-port ‘13 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-41315 Airminded · Air-port ‘13 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:34:52 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-41315 [...] Act of 1913 and the Home Office regulations flowing from that, and on the other, the 1913 phantom airship scare which peaked that February. The Navigation Act, which introduced the power to shoot down aircraft [...] [...] Act of 1913 and the Home Office regulations flowing from that, and on the other, the 1913 phantom airship scare which peaked that February. The Navigation Act, which introduced the power to shoot down aircraft [...]

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