Project Gutenberg 2012-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 229 Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) 1872 1957 Brereton, Frederick Sadleir Padday, C. M. (Charles Murray) 1868 1954 Padday, Charles Murray The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure. Produced by sp1nd, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Great Airship: A Tale of Adventure" by Lt.-Col. F. S. Brereton is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. This adventurous tale centers around Andrew Provost and his inventive nephew, Joseph Gresson, who embark on a daring project to create a flying airship that surpasses the capabilities of the contemporary Zeppelin. The story unfolds against the backdrop of technological advancements in aviation, exploring themes of ambition and rivalry. At the start of the book, Andrew Provost and his nephew Joe are aboard a ship when they spot a Zeppelin in the sky, igniting a discussion about airship technology. Inspired by the sight, Andrew challenges Joe to design and build a more advanced airship, agreeing to finance the venture for a hundred thousand pounds. Their conversation leads to a bold agreement with a skeptical German, Carl Reitberg, who doubts they can succeed within nine months. As they solidify their plans, the narrative introduces a mix of characters from the British Navy, hinting at an intertwining of their adventures with Joe's airship project, setting the stage for an exhilarating journey filled with trials and ingenuity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41176/41176-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Airships -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 565418 2025-06-16T16:50:15.356958 text/html 572365 2012-10-25T12:42:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 775760 2025-06-16T16:50:23.046896 application/epub+zip 781311 2025-06-16T16:50:16.619941 application/epub+zip 295063 2025-06-16T16:50:15.986936 application/epub+zip 950799 2025-06-16T16:50:28.242884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 902686 2025-06-16T16:50:22.303893 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417188 2022-09-18T19:13:50.033156 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524817 2023-09-18T05:18:51.283837 text/plain 16078 2025-06-16T16:50:28.410864 application/rdf+xml 20638 2025-06-16T16:50:16.089952 image/jpeg 3569 2025-06-16T16:50:16.037974 image/jpeg 756178 2025-06-16T16:50:15.424009 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia