My Airships: The Story of My Life


Read by Scott Danneker

(5 stars; 5 reviews)

The delightful tale of "le petit Santos" as he dances through the sky above the City of Light at the dawn of the aerial age.
A note to the listener: Throughout this story the author makes several references to helpful figures and illustrations. These may be found upon the corresponding pages in the Project Gutenberg e-book. (Summary by Scott Danneker) (6 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Introductory Fable: The Reasoning of Children 13:07 Read by Scott Danneker
The Coffee Plantation 17:05 Read by Scott Danneker
Paris - Professional Balloonists - Automobiles 11:43 Read by Scott Danneker
My First Balloon Ascent 15:16 Read by Scott Danneker
My 'Brazil' 11:58 Read by Scott Danneker
The Real and Imaginary Dangers of Ballooning 17:21 Read by Scott Danneker
I Yield to the Steerable Balloon Idea 18:07 Read by Scott Danneker
My First Air-Ship Cruises 9:57 Read by Scott Danneker
How it Feels to Navigate the Air 16:27 Read by Scott Danneker
Explosive Engines and Inflammable Gases 16:26 Read by Scott Danneker
I Go in for Airship Building 14:15 Read by Scott Danneker
The Exposition Summer 15:24 Read by Scott Danneker
The Deutsch Prize and its Problems 11:11 Read by Scott Danneker
A Fall Before a Rise 17:18 Read by Scott Danneker
The Building of My 'No. 6' 9:34 Read by Scott Danneker
Wining the Deutsche Prize 10:52 Read by Scott Danneker
A Glance Backward and Forward 9:38 Read by Scott Danneker
Monaco and the Maritime Guide Rope 17:49 Read by Scott Danneker
Flights in Mediterranean Winds 15:10 Read by Scott Danneker
Speed 20:03 Read by Scott Danneker
An Accident and its Lessons 9:41 Read by Scott Danneker
The First of the World's Air-Ship Stations 16:35 Read by Scott Danneker
My 'No. 9,' the Little Runabout 19:07 Read by Scott Danneker
The Air-Ship in War 18:21 Read by Scott Danneker
Paris as a Centre of Air-Ship Experiments 12:48 Read by Scott Danneker
CONCLUDING FABLE: More Reasoning of Children 3:45 Read by Scott Danneker