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My Airships: The Story of My Life

Gelesen von Scott Danneker

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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

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The Coffee Plantation

17:05

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Paris - Professional Balloonists - Automobiles

11:43

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My First Balloon Ascent

15:16

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My 'Brazil'

11:58

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The Real and Imaginary Dangers of Ballooning

17:21

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I Yield to the Steerable Balloon Idea

18:07

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My First Air-Ship Cruises

9:57

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How it Feels to Navigate the Air

16:27

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Explosive Engines and Inflammable Gases

16:26

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I Go in for Airship Building

14:15

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The Exposition Summer

15:24

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The Deutsch Prize and its Problems

11:11

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A Fall Before a Rise

17:18

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The Building of My 'No. 6'

9:34

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Wining the Deutsche Prize

10:52

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A Glance Backward and Forward

9:38

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Monaco and the Maritime Guide Rope

17:49

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Flights in Mediterranean Winds

15:10

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Speed

20:03

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An Accident and its Lessons

9:41

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The First of the World's Air-Ship Stations

16:35

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My 'No. 9,' the Little Runabout

19:07

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The Air-Ship in War

18:21

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Paris as a Centre of Air-Ship Experiments

12:48

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CONCLUDING FABLE: More Reasoning of Children

3:45

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