http://airminded.org/2009/05/14/friday-14-may-1909/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:42:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://airminded.org/2009/05/14/friday-14-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-106479 Airminded · Post-blogging the 1909 scareships: thoughts and conclusions Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:11:16 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1662#comment-106479 [...] press which took most interest at this stage, though it seems to have been divided as to whether a British aeronaut was responsible or an airship flying off a German warship. It was only when two separate sightings of the airship [...] [...] press which took most interest at this stage, though it seems to have been divided as to whether a British aeronaut was responsible or an airship flying off a German warship. It was only when two separate sightings of the airship [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2009/05/14/friday-14-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-105486 Brett Holman Fri, 15 May 2009 13:49:21 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1662#comment-105486 Not sure about paperback -- not that there were many paperback editions published back then. Wells wrote it in 1907, and it was serialised in <em>Pall Mall Magazine</em> from January 1908. Good timing! Not sure about paperback — not that there were many paperback editions published back then. Wells wrote it in 1907, and it was serialised in Pall Mall Magazine from January 1908. Good timing!

]]> http://airminded.org/2009/05/14/friday-14-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-105449 Chris Williams Thu, 14 May 2009 16:00:20 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1662#comment-105449 When did Wells' _The War in the Air_ come out in paperback? Was it serialised anywhere? When did Wells’ _The War in the Air_ come out in paperback? Was it serialised anywhere?

]]> http://airminded.org/2009/05/14/friday-14-may-1909/comment-page-1/#comment-105448 Erik Lund Thu, 14 May 2009 15:49:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=1662#comment-105448 I started reading _Robur the Conqueror_ once as a young tyke. The bit about the American and a Canadian having a duel at Niagara Falls over whether the mystery airship was playing the American or British anthems was one of the foundations of my historical consciousness. (That and the appendices at the end of _Return of the King_.) The rest was too boring, and I gave up. I started reading _Robur the Conqueror_ once as a young tyke. The bit about the American and a Canadian having a duel at Niagara Falls over whether the mystery airship was playing the American or British anthems was one of the foundations of my historical consciousness. (That and the appendices at the end of _Return of the King_.)
The rest was too boring, and I gave up.

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