Desmond, Kevin,  1950- <br/><br/>
Electric airplanes and drones :  a history / 
Kevin Desmond ; foreword by Ivo Boscarol. 
 - Jefferson, North Carolina :  McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Origins --  If it flies, it must be electric! --  Electricity goes to war --  The aeromodelers --  "Here comes the sun" --  The lithium advantage --  "H" is for hybrid, hydrogen, helium --  Towards commercialization --  UAVs (generation gas) --  UAV (aka drones) go electric --  Dronomania! --  Flying cars --  Into the future. 
<br/><br/> "Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s. The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines--from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships--and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781476633411 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Electric airplanes--History.<br/>Drone aircraft--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL685  / .E443 2018