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.
Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.
As members of the first crew of astralnauts, Matt Cruse and Kate De Vries journey into outer space on the "Starclimber" and face a series of catastrophes that threaten the survival of all on board.
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
