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USS Macon airship construction, Akron, Ohio, 1932.

submitted by Belmont to pics 2.3 yearsJan 13, 2023 04:40:07 ago (+11/-0)     (64.media.tumblr.com)

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[ - ] zongongo 0 points 2.3 yearsJan 13, 2023 13:35:58 ago (+0/-0)

Awesome achievements by humans !

[ - ] we_kill_creativity 3 points 2.3 yearsJan 13, 2023 05:20:11 ago (+3/-0)

I've not thought about it before, but what branch of the military did the air ships serve?

[ - ] Belmont [op] 3 points 2.3 yearsJan 13, 2023 06:13:43 ago (+3/-0)*

I see Navy for the U.S., Britain, Germany, and France.

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The U.S. Navy's dirigible Los Angeles is shown upside down after a turbulant wind from the Atlantic flipped the 700-foot airship on its nose at Lakehurst, N.J., in 1926. The ship slowly righted itself and there were no serious injuries to the crew of 25. (AP Photo)

More airship pictures https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2016/09/an_airship_a_century_in_the_ma.html

Crew of L31 (Marine Airship) 1916

#deutsche kaiserliche marine

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According to Arch Whitehouse in The Zeppelin Fighters OTD Aug 1 1917 The Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ 100 (L 53) achieves an altitude of 20,700 feet (6,309 meters), a new record for an airship

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Airship of the French Navy, flying over Rochefort-sur-Mer, France

French vintage postcard, mailed in 1920

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At the end of the First World War the Beardmore Engineering Company in Glasgow had been developing rigid, dirigible airships for the Royal Navy.

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[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 3 points 2.3 yearsJan 13, 2023 07:20:41 ago (+3/-0)

Awesome content.

[ - ] JudyStroyer 3 points 2.3 yearsJan 13, 2023 08:05:31 ago (+3/-0)

Totally agree. That was a hell of an interesting rabbit hole to explore.