Comments on: Raise the Macon! http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/ Russia History Culture Technology (and, of course, Aviation) Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:13:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Airminded · Alert the amphibious squadron! http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-14532 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:19:47 +0000 http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-14532 [...] So, going one way, this links to other contemporary ideas for routinising flight over the Atlantic (in particular), such as the seadrome and Project Habbakuk. In another direction, it links to modern solar-powered airships designed for stratospheric surveillance. And finally, it links to real-life flying aircraft carriers such as the USS Macon and fictional ones such as HMS Whatever-it-was in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. [...] […] So, going one way, this links to other contemporary ideas for routinising flight over the Atlantic (in particular), such as the seadrome and Project Habbakuk. In another direction, it links to modern solar-powered airships designed for stratospheric surveillance. And finally, it links to real-life flying aircraft carriers such as the USS Macon and fictional ones such as HMS Whatever-it-was in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. […]

]]> by: Airminded http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-26 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:58:43 +0000 http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-26 <strong>Airships ahoy!</strong> Some recent airship sightings: An airship is currently gracing Melbourne skies, thanks to Holden. I’ve seen it but not with a camera handy, so this picture by Dr Snafu will have to serve. It’s nice to see it floating around, but at on... Airships ahoy!

Some recent airship sightings:

An airship is currently gracing Melbourne skies, thanks to Holden. I’ve seen it but not with a camera handy, so this picture by Dr Snafu will have to serve. It’s nice to see it floating around, but at on…

]]> by: Scott Palmer http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-25 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:22:37 +0000 http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-25 Yep, you're right. In my haste to post the note I cited the location and death toll for the Shenandoah accident by mistake. Thanks! ScP Yep, you’re right. In my haste to post the note I cited the location and death toll for the Shenandoah accident by mistake.

Thanks!

ScP

]]> by: David Rohall http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-24 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:39:46 +0000 http://dictatorshipoftheair.com/2006/09/13/raise-the-macon/#comment-24 Thanks for the information. Very useful. I believe, however, it was the U.S.S. Shenandoah that was lost over Ohio and that the Akron also crashed over the sea, killing almost everyone on board - they had no life jackets! I will look into the Marine Sanctuary website. Thanks for the information. Very useful. I believe, however, it was the U.S.S. Shenandoah that was lost over Ohio and that the Akron also crashed over the sea, killing almost everyone on board - they had no life jackets! I will look into the Marine Sanctuary website.

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