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: Spirochete
I wish passenger zeppelins would make a comeback. I wish Led Zeppelin would make a comeback
10 posted on
02/11/2010 12:57:28 PM PST by
DCBurgess58
(In a Capitalist society, men exploit other men. In a Communist society it's exactly the opposite.)
To: Spirochete
These navy dirigibles all succumbed to thunderstorms. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) did not crash, and had a successful career. She did, however, have one notable incident...
![](http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h84000/h84568.jpg)
18 posted on
02/11/2010 7:59:16 PM PST by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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