I keep learning new and more bonkers things about aviation history. There was so much ambition and experiment. Today's reading —https://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-akron-macon/ …
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That is: before we had ocean-based aircraft carriers, we had aircraft carriers that were giant blimps. Yes. The US used zeppelins that launched and caught biplanes on trapezes (squint to see biplanes in picture #1) —pic.twitter.com/XNtMqZqZ0L
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This blimp was 800' long and could cruise by overhead at 70mph. Imagine standing only 1,000' below a building-sized structure as it glided past you for a while. Moffett Hangar 1 could barely contain the thing.pic.twitter.com/SvqKMsgK6S
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BTW this channel has some very nicely done aviation videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyaYaFzSPac …
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