I bought this Italian book about the balloons and their use in Italy until 1930 (with a particoular regard to WWI):
Giuseppe Magrin
I PALLONI DELLA GUERRA Storia ed evoluzione dei mezzi di volo dalla Grande Guerra al 1930
Paolo Gaspari Editore
ISBN 88-86338-31-7
143 pages -16,60 euros
I think that a good number of wingmen will be able to read or to translate it without too much difficulty. There's a lot of pictures and drawings-
The index of this book:
- The first aerial crossing of the Alps
- The feat of Usuelli and Crespi
- The aerostatic military service from its origins to the war in Libya
- 1915 The new organization of the Italian Air Force
- 1917 The reorganization of the Italina Air Force
- The War Balloons
- The Third Army balloners on the Piave
- The Ace Giannino Ancillotto
- Balloon and dirigible heroic crew
- If the Draken could tell their adventures
- The spherical balloons for uncostrained ascensions
- The constrained balloon
- The Draken Balloon
- La Saiucisse
- The Italian A.P. Ballon
- A technical description of the A.P. Ballon
- The gas envelope
- The stabilizing pockets
- The suspension
- the composition and regulation of the gas valve
- The envelope pressure
- Main operations for the inflation and fie tuning of the italian balloon
- The tactical use of the balloon
- The observers of the balloons
- The Italian balloon features
- The deformable bladder
- The ballon kite for meteorology and communication porpuse
- The ballon kite for anti-aircraft defense
- The parachute
It might be an interesting read for understand ballons feature and history and a evidence of a little known use of them on the Italy war front.
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