Comments on: Construction of the USS Macon Airship http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/construction-of-the-uss-macon-airship-c-1932/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Thu, 10 Nov 2024 17:04:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Feng http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/construction-of-the-uss-macon-airship-c-1932/#comment-60306 Feng Wed, 31 Aug 2024 16:26:39 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24489#comment-60306 My Great Uncle Chick (Charles Solar) was on this thing when it went down off the coast of California. He also survived the crash of the Shenandoah over Ohio. I only learned all this from my mom after he died (of old age). I don't know if he was a jinx or just a minor weather deity. My Great Uncle Chick (Charles Solar) was on this thing when it went down off the coast of California. He also survived the crash of the Shenandoah over Ohio. I only learned all this from my mom after he died (of old age). I don’t know if he was a jinx or just a minor weather deity.

]]> By: qka http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/construction-of-the-uss-macon-airship-c-1932/#comment-60220 qka Wed, 31 Aug 2024 04:08:59 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24489#comment-60220 According to Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_(ZRS-5) ), the USS Macon was built in Springfield, OH. I once had the opportunity to go inside one of the remaining dirigible hangars at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, NJ. (That is where the Hindenburg crashed.) At the time it was being used to house large Navy helicopters. Inside the hanger, those large helicopters looked very small. According to Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macon_(ZRS-5) ), the USS Macon was built in Springfield, OH.

I once had the opportunity to go inside one of the remaining dirigible hangars at the Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, NJ. (That is where the Hindenburg crashed.) At the time it was being used to house large Navy helicopters. Inside the hanger, those large helicopters looked very small.

]]> By: Howie http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/08/construction-of-the-uss-macon-airship-c-1932/#comment-60144 Howie Tue, 30 Aug 2024 18:04:02 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=24489#comment-60144 So is that the Moffett Field hangar that you got to fly through in MS FlightSim? It looks like at least the sister aircraft (USS Akron) was based there, although it was called NAS Sunnyvale at that time (Moffett was killed in the loss of the Akron). So is that the Moffett Field hangar that you got to fly through in MS FlightSim? It looks like at least the sister aircraft (USS Akron) was based there, although it was called NAS Sunnyvale at that time (Moffett was killed in the loss of the Akron).

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