Early in the evening of Feb. 12, 1935, the U.S. Navy rigid airship USS Macon was cruising back to its home port at Moffett Field near Sunnyvale after completing survey work over the Pacific. While ...
Al Margolis, director of operations at Moffett Field Historical Society and Museum, speaks about the USS Macon at the museum in Mountain View on April 13, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier. April 12 ...
Perhaps the only weapon more formidable than an aircraft carrier for a modern military is a flying aircraft carrier. Almost one century ago, the U.S. Navy explored the concept of airships through the ...
This collection, compiled by J. Gorden Vaeth, consists of documents, reports, news clippings, scrapbooks, publications, and photographs relating to rigid and non-rigid airships worldwide. This ...
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