My Airships

The Story of My Life

English · 6h 8m · Biography & Autobiography

5 (6 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)

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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