The Biggest Airship in the World - Part 4 (HD)

When the USS Macon was christened on March 11, 1933, it was the most sophisticated of the Navy's lighter-than-air (LTA) fleet. Although the hydrogen-filled Hindenburg was longer, the two sisters still hold the world record for helium-filled airships.
The Macon exhibited the highest expression of naval LTA technology during its short career. At 785 feet in length, the airship's size captured American fascination during flyovers of U.S. communities as chronicled in numerous advertisements, articles, and newsreels. The dramatic loss of the Macon and its sister ship, the Akron, within two years of each other contributed to the cancellation of the US Navy's rigid airship program. The archeological remains of the USS Macon lie off California's Big Sur coast. The site also contains the remains of four of the airship's squadron of Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk scout aircraft which the Macon carried in an internal hangar bay.

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