That book is next on my list as it is sitting on my desk right now. A quick scan of it shows a lot more research including maps and tables with an extensive bibliography. It also seems to be putting forth the hypothesis that there were a number of airships instead of just one.
On the surface, I tend to not favor this approach. Danalek's "The Great Airship of 1897" has one airship and explains why it was never revealed was that it was lost over Lake Erie with the inventor at the controls. If there were multiple airships, it is much more unlikely for all evidence of their existence to be lost. Many more people in the "conspiracy."
I'll have to read Busby's hypothesis and see how that pans out.
Actually, I might read some fiction or watch a few movies before I jump into this book to sort of "cleanse the palate."
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Date: 2010-08-29 03:29 pm (UTC)On the surface, I tend to not favor this approach. Danalek's "The Great Airship of 1897" has one airship and explains why it was never revealed was that it was lost over Lake Erie with the inventor at the controls. If there were multiple airships, it is much more unlikely for all evidence of their existence to be lost. Many more people in the "conspiracy."
I'll have to read Busby's hypothesis and see how that pans out.
Actually, I might read some fiction or watch a few movies before I jump into this book to sort of "cleanse the palate."