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Restoration of Rare Airship Shines Light on WWII K-Ship Patrols
Moffett Field Historical Society is in the process of restoring the control car of a World War II-era K-class blimp.
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The Rise and Fall of America’s Flying Battleships
The U.S. Navy once bet big on airships, believing they could serve as flying aircraft carriers. The USS Akron and Macon were ...
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One By One: A Brief History Of The US Navy's 5 Airships
The USS Akron (and her sister ship, the USS Macon) were filled with helium. The USS Akron met the same fate that befell so many other rigid airships and was lost in a thunderstorm (off the coast ...
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Akron-class
What You Need to Know: The Akron-class airships, Akron and Macon, represented the pinnacle of rigid airship design and were the U.S. Navy’s only flying aircraft carriers. Built by Goodyear ...