A Not-So-Easy Target (development of the kite balloon)/The Art of Balloon Busting (anti-balloon measures and weapons, 1914–1917)/Balloon Fever (the aces and their exploits, 1916–1918)/Exuent Omnes (the eclipse of balloon observation and of the balloon buster, 1918–45)/Appendices: Aces's Scores (including balloons destroyed in a single sortie)
A resident of Leesburg, Virginia, Jon Guttman is senior editor, research director and contributing writer for Primedia Enthusiast Publications. Specialising in World War I aviation, he has written six titles in the past; this is his first volume for Osprey. Berkshire-based Harry Dempsey is a talented profile artist who specialises in fighter aircraft of World War I. He has illustrated all of Osprey?s World War I Aircraft of the Aces titles to date.
"Text and color drawings...cover a variety of aces and aircraft types from both sides. The introduction that covers development and operational use of balloons during WWI is a valuable nugget for anyone studying lighter-than-air craft, whose load-carrying capacity, range, and endurance may actually motivate their return to military and civil service in the not-so-distant future." --Aerospace Modeler (January 2009) "Overall, this is a very interesting book, and if you have any interest in balloons I would strongly recommend it to you." --Rob Auer, Proceedings
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