Smithsonian Magazine2d
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 ...
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The Rise and Fall of America’s Flying Battleships
The U.S. Navy once bet big on airships, believing they could serve as flying aircraft carriers. The USS Akron and Macon were ...
The National Interest22d
Flying Aircraft Carriers
Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: In the 1930s, the U.S. Navy experimented with “flying aircraft carriers” in the form of rigid airships USS Akron and USS Macon. These ...
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The U.S. Navy Built a Real 'Flying' Aircraft Carrier
The U.S. did eventually end up with two airships built by Germany, USS Shenandoah and Los ... Today, the flying aircraft carriers Akron and Macon are a little known chapter in naval aviation ...