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Steampunk Airships: Three features that (nearly) define a genre
Not all Steampunk novels feature airships, but enough of them do that it requires a deeper look. These amazing sky machines appear almost...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Dec 29, 2021
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Fantasy Airships: Hidden themes in movies, books, and video games
My upcoming novel, the Flight of the St. Paul, prominently features a modern Lockheed-Martin airship nearly 300 feet long with a cargo...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Dec 21, 2021
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Airships Making a Comeback: Solutions for Global Supply Chain Disruptions
Airships will return to the skies once again when the cost of building a modern airship is outweighed by the potential profits that will...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Dec 7, 2021
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How Airships Land
There are many ways an airship can land. They can be moored to a tower, towed inside a hangar, or land conventionally on the ground using...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 13, 2021
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Steampunk Airships
(paid link) Secrets in the Mist by Morgan L. Busse: I just finished reading Secrets in the Mist by Morgan L. Busse. I originally...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Airships - History
(paid link) Up Ship! A History of the U.S. Navy's Rigid Airships 1919-1935 by Douglas Hill Robinson: Up Ship! is the latest edition to my...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Science Fiction Airships
(paid link) The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher: In my research I have found very few instances of airships used in Science Fiction....
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Steampunk Airships
(paid link) The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis: Captain Josette Dupre is the first female airship captain fighting in a grim conflict between...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Airship - Technology
(paid link) Airship Technology by Gabriel Alexander Khoury: OK, let's get serious about airships. My upcoming novel, The Flight of the...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Steampunk Airships
(paid link) Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld: As much as I love airships, the Leviathan in Scott Westerfeld's novel still creeps me out a...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Airship History - Combat
(paid link) The Zeppelin in Combat by Douglas H. Robinson: If you are truly passionate about airships like I am, then The Zeppelin in...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Airship History - Hindenburg
(paid link) Who Destroyed the Hindenburg by A. A. Hoehling: No curated library of airship books would be complete without reference to...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Steampunk Airships
(paid link) Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding: Retribution Falls is the first of the four-part Tales of the Ketty Jay series. It...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Fantasy Airships
(paid link) Airborn by Kenneth Oppel: I love this book. Airborn is a YA fiction that follows the adventures of Matt Cruse as he works...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 10, 2021
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Disasters, Airships, and Insurance - Part 4
Disasters, Airships, and Insurance The development model that ties national and multi-national level funding to hybrid airship...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 6, 2021
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Disasters, Airships, and Insurance - Part 3
Innovative Funding Solutions Needed The funding required for developing, operating, and maintaining these large-scale technologies, if...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 6, 2021
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Disasters, Airships, and Insurance - Part 2
A Global Capabilities Demonstration Disaster management is international in scope by its very nature, and the critical message about...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 6, 2021
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Disasters, Airships, and Insurance - Part 1
The Problem: Both natural and human-caused disasters occur every year at locations all across the globe. Whether it is an earthquake in...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 6, 2021
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Helicopters & Hybrid Airships - Part 5
Potential Cultural Problem Areas While both Canada and the US tend to employ similar leadership styles, “individual differences will...
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 6, 2021
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Helicopters & Hybrid Airships - Part 4
Air Trucking the Silk Road In China, the third largest country in the world, most of the population lives on just 30% of its territory....
Dr. Timothy X. Merritt
Jun 6, 2021
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