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A 785-Foot Airship Crashed on This Day in 1935. The Location of the Wreck Site Remained a Mystery for More Than 70 Years
The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas Sarah Holzmann Associated Press staff illustrator Noel Sickles's "artist ...
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Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk: The US Biplane Fighter That Was Carried By Airships
Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk In Numbers: Number Built: 8 Surviving Aircraft: 1 (National Air and Space Museum) Motherships: 2 (USS Arkon & USS Macon airships) According to the Smithsonian National Air ...