I love history as told by the people that lived through extraordinary times. You won't read a more compelling story than Eric's. He was a pacifist and conscientious objector at the start of World War Two, who then ended up joining the SS! He then spent years as a slave labourer in the dreaded Gulag ...
I suppose we've all seen the Goodyear or Fuji blimp and wondered what it might be like to go for a ride. (By the way, a blimp is a malformed balloon with rudder and fins, whereas a dirigible or zeppelin has a rigid skeleton making them more suitable for long distance trips and less susceptible to th...