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The Reference Desk => Organizations, Vehicles, Equipment => Topic started by: besilarius on June 27, 2021, 01:32:11 PM

Title: Airships
Post by: besilarius on June 27, 2021, 01:32:11 PM

www.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fzp7zjcir3bnq642%2FOTF-Winter2019-The_Slow_Fall_of_Airship_SZ51.pdf%3Fdl%3D0%26fbclid%3DIw

Good story of an airship in trouble and air sea rescue in1918.

Title: Re: Airships
Post by: Staggerwing on June 27, 2021, 03:15:29 PM

That is an interesting story!

 I cleaned up the link so it's clickable:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zp7zjcir3bnq642/OTF-Winter2019-The_Slow_Fall_of_Airship_SZ51.pdf?dl=0

Title: Re: Airships
Post by: besilarius on June 28, 2021, 09:40:00 AM

Thanks for that.
Being from the Stone Age, we know rock talk.
"Hey, don't throw that rock!"

Title: Re: Airships
Post by: Gusington on June 28, 2021, 07:54:30 PM

Love me some airships. That is some story.

Title: Re: Airships
Post by: besilarius on July 24, 2021, 09:36:12 PM

www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/1917-special-operations-begin/

Specops and stealth blimps.

Title: Re: Airships
Post by: besilarius on July 03, 2022, 02:28:14 PM

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairmo/articles/20220701.apex

Count Zeppelin may yet rule the air.

Title: Re: Airships
Post by: Staggerwing on July 03, 2022, 02:37:44 PM

Quote from: besilarius on July 03, 2022, 02:28:14 PM

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairmo/articles/20220701.aspx

Count Zeppelin may yet rule the air.

Intertesting article Bes. Thanks for posting.

In the quote I cleaned up the link so it works for others. I think your autocorrect might have broken it.

Title: Re: Airships
Post by: besilarius on July 03, 2022, 04:15:02 PM

Thanks, Stagger.  I'm fairly inept with that stuff.