In a post-apocalyptic world of endless snow, Captain Romulus Buckle and the stalwart crew of the Pneumatic Zeppelin must embark on a perilous mission to rescue their kidnapped leader, Balthazar Crankshaft, from the impenetrable City of the Founders.
First-person survivor accounts of three disasters, the 1914 shipwreck of the Empress of Ireland, the 1928 crash of the airship Italia, and the 1930 crash of the dirigible R-101.
Matt Cruse, cabin boy on the luxury airship Aurora, rescues a dying balloonist who presents him with a mystery about unseen sky creatures thta Matt and Kate try to solve.
Provides information about the "Hindenburg" through the fictional description of the experiences of a German mechanic who is hired to work and travel on the airship.
Describes the last voyage of the zeppelin, or airship, Hindenburg, which crashed in flames on a New Jersey airfield in 1937, and examines some possible causes for the disaster.