My Airships; The Story of My LifeMY AIRSHIPSReading editionChapter navigation28 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…MY AIRSHIPSMY AIRSHIPSINTRODUCTORY FABLE THE REASONING OF CHILDRENChapter I · THE COFFEE PLANTATIONChapter II · PARIS—PROFESSIONAL BALLOONISTS—AUTOMOBILESChapter III · MY FIRST BALLOON ASCENTChapter IV · MY "BRAZIL"—SMALLEST OF SPHERICAL BALLOONSChapter V · THE REAL AND THE IMAGINARY DANGERS OF BALLOONINGChapter VI · I YIELD TO THE STEERABLE BALLOON IDEAChapter VII · MY FIRST AIR-SHIP CRUISES (1898)Chapter VIII · HOW IT FEELS TO NAVIGATE THE AIRChapter IX · EXPLOSIVE ENGINES AND INFLAMMABLE GASESChapter X · I GO IN FOR AIRSHIP BUILDINGChapter XI · THE EXPOSITION SUMMERChapter XII · THE DEUTSCH PRIZE AND ITS PROBLEMSChapter XIII · A FALL BEFORE A RISEChapter XIV · THE BUILDING OF MY "NO. 6"Chapter XV · WINNING THE DEUTSCH PRIZEChapter XVI · A GLANCE BACKWARD AND FORWARDChapter XVII · MONACO AND THE MARITIME GUIDE ROPEChapter XVIII · FLIGHTS IN MEDITERRANEAN WINDSChapter XIX · SPEEDChapter XX · AN ACCIDENT AND ITS LESSONSChapter XXI · THE FIRST OF THE WORLD'S AIR-SHIP STATIONSChapter XXII · MY "NO. 9," THE LITTLE RUNABOUTChapter XXIII · THE AIR-SHIP IN WARChapter XXIV · PARIS AS A CENTRE OF AIR-SHIP EXPERIMENTSCONCLUDING FABLE MORE REASONING OF CHILDRENBeginning of this editionNext chapter →MY AIRSHIPSAll chapters and sections (28)Other sectionsMY AIRSHIPSMY AIRSHIPSINTRODUCTORY FABLE THE REASONING OF CHILDRENChapters123456789101112131415161718192021222324Other sectionsCONCLUDING FABLE MORE REASONING OF CHILDRENALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT◇MY AIRSHIPS →