To: Kartographer
The Macon was a flying aircraft carrier.(sort of) It carried four biplanes. They landed on the Macon via a hook suspended on the bottom of the blimp. Not for the faint hearted.
2 posted on
02/11/2010 12:13:01 PM PST by
oyez
( damnant quod non intelligunt)
To: Kartographer
It’s not “blimp like”, its a dirigible. Why can’t they just say that?
3 posted on
02/11/2010 12:22:47 PM PST by
lafroste
To: Kartographer
4 posted on
02/11/2010 12:39:13 PM PST by
Psycho_Bunny
(ALSO SPRACH ZEROTHUSTRA)
To: Kartographer
I was on business in Monterey CA several years ago and happened onto the museum honoring the Macon. It was quite a story that I wasn’t earlier familiar with. Those were very small aircraft she carried.
6 posted on
02/11/2010 12:45:55 PM PST by
jimfree
(In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
To: Kartographer
These navy dirigibles all succumbed to thunderstorms. The dirigible was a great concept, but a bit ahead of its time in an era without modern materials or weather radar.
I wish passenger zeppelins would make a comeback.
9 posted on
02/11/2010 12:50:45 PM PST by
Spirochete
(Texas is an anagram for Taxes)
To: SunkenCiv
12 posted on
02/11/2010 1:15:54 PM PST by
exit82
(Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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