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"When Giants Roamed The Earth" The First Great Int'l Race of The Century Who Will Perfect The Giant Cargo Carrier? Several Countries Have Already Dropped Out & Failed History, Drama, New Technology & Perhaps A New Air Cargo Delivery System! |
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Airship Feature Index |
The Cargo Airship Race Contenders Which Country Will Be First ? 21st Century Airships - Canada Airship Technologies - United Kingdom News Updates Cargolifter Gmbh - Bankrupt Casualty Effort To Save Cargolifter Lockheed Martin - USA Ohio Airships, Inc. - USA Rigid Airship Design N.V. - Bankrupt News Updates |
The Non
Rigid Blimp
How
Airships Work
Airship
of 1896
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Envelope
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Blimps Fly
Zeppelin
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The Hindenburg It is Not Generally Understood That Airships of The Period Featured
Piano Bars, Passenger Cabins & Shopping Areas.
These Were truly -- GIANTS
The Man For Whom The Hindenburg Was NamedThe Hindenburg - a New Jersey perspective
Radio Technology Aboard The Hindenburg
The Crash
FBI Report - FOIA declassifiedNavy Lakehurst Hisrical Society
Radio Broadcast of The Crash - 7:20 Min.
The Goodyear Airships Goodyear Blimps - the official siteGoodyear Global Fleet - with Interactive Map
History From Goodyear
Blimp History From Goodyear Goodyear Blimp Current Day Photos
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U.S. Navy Airship Picture BookU.S. Navy Aviation History 1917-19 |
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USS Shenandoah ZR-1 |
USS Los Angeles Refueling At Sea |
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Airship NewsAirship News |
Airship ShoppingAirship Books |
CargoLifter
CL-160 Airship Port -
at Brand, Germany -
Bankrupt & Off Air - Casualty of The Race
From our reader -I've added your site to my favorites list. Unfortunately, the "monsters" appellation was accurate.The total rigid airship fleet accumulated less than 100,000 flight hours; less than 40,000 after World War I. The Rigids commanded the headlines, even though only a few large ones were ever built: 9 Zeppelins, 2 Goodyear-Zeppelins, and 4 British.
I served on the ZPG-2 and ZPG-3 airships (they'd been put in storage just before the Cuban Missile Crisis - it's a shame, one Nan-ship could have provided total Elint coverage of the region). I never got a chance to fly or work with any of the older/smaller airships until I begged a flight over Indianapolis in a Lightship a couple of years ago.
I firmly believe that the semi-rigid was the best of the three dominant design approaches. It's a shame that Cargolifter felt compelled to go for the grandiose, rather than first developing a 40-tonne payload airship.
thanks again,Al Robbins, Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
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