The USS Akron and the USS Macon were....

TheMightyFavog

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Tue May-04-04 03:23 PM
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Poll question: The USS Akron and the USS Macon were....

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El Supremo

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Tue May-04-04 03:34 PM
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1. Big fat slow targets.

Only good for long range reconnaissance where there was no bad weather. Another one actually did survive. What was her name?

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TheMightyFavog

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Tue May-04-04 03:43 PM
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2. USS Los Angeles.

Los Angeles got caught in a high wind situation while moored. It survived, and was scrapped in '39.

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amber dog democrat

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Tue May-04-04 03:51 PM
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5. The Shanendoah and another Airship

were lost in storms.
They would have made great ASW platforms for submarine patrols, as did the later blimps.

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TheMightyFavog

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Tue May-04-04 05:26 PM
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8. Two ships...

Both Akron and Macon, the "flying aircraft carriers" were lost in storms.

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El Supremo

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Tue May-04-04 05:39 PM
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10. Admiral Rosenthal Collection

Used to be at the University of Texas at Dallas. Is it still? I hope I spelled his name right. He was a big LTA man in the Navy. I think Admiral Moffat was killed in one of those death traps.

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amber dog democrat

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Tue May-04-04 07:02 PM
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11. The Shenandoah ( ZR-1 )

Was enroute to a state fair when she encountered a thunderstorm.
I don't remember the year, but i think it was in the late '20s.

http://www.nlhs.com/rosendah.htm

But they were cool.

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TheMightyFavog

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Tue May-04-04 05:29 PM
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9. Not necessarily.....

If enemy aircraft could be detected early, those ships could launch their fighters.

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trof

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Tue May-04-04 03:47 PM
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3. Saw something a few years ago

about a heavy lift vehicle supposedly in development.
Kind of a combo helicopter/lighter-than-air ship for remote timbering, mining, etc.

Never heard another thing about it.

I have fantasized about a dirigible/blimp "cruise ship". Low and slow so you could really see the countryside. Weather remains a major problem.

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Kellanved

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Tue May-04-04 03:53 PM
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6. Do you mean "Cargolifter"

Edited on Tue May-04-04 03:53 PM by Kellanved

The enterprise by the Zeppelin-heir.
Bancrupt.

They did never produce anything except PR-movies and a giant construction hall. Probably a scam from the start, but politicians are a little afraid to touch it.

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CrownPrinceBandar

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Tue May-04-04 04:05 PM
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7. I saw something like that...........

in Popular Science a long time ago. Talked about alleviating some of the trucking burden by using LTA transport. Sounds good if they can build a dependable airship.

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Bertha Venation

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Tue May-04-04 03:50 PM
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4. lighter-than-air travel would be terrific

Not for military purposes, I'd imagine, but for leisure travel. Too bad the ships were so fragile; too bad weather is too powerful.

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