Those who haven’t seen it yet may want to pick up a copy of the latest (May 2007) issue of Aviation History. The magazine’s cover story, “Return to the Macon,” is devoted the recent underwater expedition that explored the offshore wreckage of the dirigible USS Macon, the largest aircraft ever built by the United States. […]

Constructed for the U.S. Navy in the mid-1930s for the purpose of undertaking reconnaissance over the open seas, the USS Macon was the largest dirigible in American history. Requiring 6.5 million cubic feet of helium to inflate and weighing 400,000 pound, 785-foot long airship was a flying behemoth. Its interior was sufficiently large to […]