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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 02:14 PM
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A tribute to the USS Akron
Edited on Tue Jun-14-05 02:15 PM by JonathanChance


America's first flying Aircraft Carrier.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/ac-usn22/z-types/zrs4.htm
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 02:16 PM
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1. Zeps had a bad history.
And she was no exception.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 02:21 PM
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4. Because they didn't know how to handle them, especailly in bad weather.
With today's technology, rigid airships could be much safer than their predecessors of the 20s and 30s.
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 04:10 PM
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7. I have no doubt you are correct!
But I wonder if "much safer" would ever be "safe enough"?

Still for some things like express cargo, they could be viable now. And in fact the Zeppelin company is back in the airship biz!
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 02:16 PM
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2. And her sister ship
the USS Shenandoah
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 02:20 PM
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3. Actually her sister ship was the USS Macon.


Shenandoah was a different class, with no fighter capabilities
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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 02:23 PM
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5. Really?
I didn't know that....

thanks for the info.....
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 02:25 PM
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6. I often drive by the spot
where the Shenandoah went down. Not too many people remember the history of airships in America anymore.
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