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From: smpod@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
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Subject: Re: Dirigibles & airships
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Date: 19 Jun 91 00:56:58 GMT
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From: smpod@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov (Stefan)
In pierson@cimnet.enet.dec.com (Dave Pierson) writes...
> ...
>Ground handling was a reasonably solved problem, by 1930, at least in
>half way decent weather.  Consider Shenendoah, Los Angeles, Akron &
>Macon, the USN rigids.  Shenendoah, "hung up" intact, to free Helium
>for Los Angeles & other uses.  Los Angeles lost in a thunderstorm in
>the mid west.

I think it was the Shenendoah that broke-up in the mid-west and the Los
Angeles was decommisioned and sold as scrap.  BTW, the Los Angeles was built
by Zeppelin in Germany as part of WW I war reparations.

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