U.S. Navy Airships Akron

Lost at Sea: The Great U.S. Navy Airships Akron and Macon

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[jbd210947]

You are absolutely correct. Clive was a driving force in all the shipwreck search activity that appears on this site

Best Regards and Safe Diving

JBD

[Ichvyenichalster]

I hate that the fucking news line said blimp.

[ollowert]

need part two this is interesting

[skyship007]

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[divisioneight]

@Ichvyenichalster : The newspaper was correct. The Navy sent a blimp out to look for the missing Akron which in turn also was lost at sea. It was a very bad day for the Navy LTA family.

[notgodsemigod]

It is time to rethink and bring back the airship for the uses it is best suited:

world transportation of products (can make the round in a few days, when it takes a ship half a year to do so....), aerial reconaissance and even civil transportation at small radius (though longer cruises would be very pleasant for holidaying...).

[notgodsemigod]

The reality is that it was the countries' military complexes that wanted the funds to be directed to the airplanes: airships had very limited military use. As such the programmes were scraped.

In terms of technology it had been the Germans that had mastered the airship. British and Americans did mainly copies but cut corners and as such suffered some setbacks. But then who remembers the begginings of commercial jet planes? Those amasing Comets? 4 out of 5 falling catastrophically?

[notgodsemigod]

The reality of airship flying history is that by 1935 airships in service had already the level of security that commercial planes only reached in ... the 1980s. All that at a primitive time in aviation were no serious means of maintenance and no facilities existed in the places that the airship connected throughout the world being the first machines to fly, the first to make the round of the world, the first to service commercial flights...

[Hypsan]

Although I don't see his name mentioned anywhere in the comments (I may have overlooked it), the white haired gentleman at the beginning would appear to be none other than the legendary Clive Cussler -- prolific author and outstanding underwater researcher.

[paqman67]

@oiseautempete You're right! The redesign was due to the "almost" disaster experienced by the Graf Zeppelin world tour trip (1929) car) and almost scraped the power lines from San Diego airfield! The ship was low on Hydrogen and its tail was heavy (like a low-rider). This caused engineers to make the back fin & control car to be redesigned on newer Zeps, so that both would be able to see each other. This was a compromise. Whenever I hear the word "comprse" I substitute it with "screw-up"..(>;

[oiseautempete]

@paqman67

Yes but the original design from Akron and Macon were modified on demand from the US navy: fins shortened and extended (for visibility of he's position from the piloting cabin) , before attached on 3 rings (suffisant strenght), after on 2 rings (=fragility)...