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The ghost blimp - WW2 Navy airship returns empty over San Francisco

On August 16, 1942, the Navy blimp L-8 departed Treasure Island on a routine anti-submarine patrol near the Farallon Islands.
Hackaday

What One-Winged Squids Can Teach The Airship Renaissance

It’s a blustery January day outside Lakehurst, New Jersey. The East Coast of North America is experiencing its worst weather in decades, and all civilian aircraft have been grounded the past four days ...
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Runaway military blimp wreaks havoc in Pennsylvania

The program is comprised of two blimps, each 242 feet long. The second blimp will be grounded until the military inspects it and finishes an investigation into the unmooring, said Navy Captain Scott ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Recalling the short and perilous career of U.S. naval airships

“Had the real operational story been known — the handicaps imposed by weather, the fact that scouting missions were flown on no more than one day in four, the uncertainty of navigation — it may be ...
PBS

Icon in the Sky: 100 Years of the Goodyear Blimp

100 years in the sky. Explore the Blimp's history and why it sparks worldwide nostalgia. Discover the century-long history of an aerial legend. ICON IN THE SKY: 100 YEARS OF THE GOODYEAR BLIMP tells ...
insider.si.edu

Blimps & U-boats : U.S. Navy airships in the battle of the Atlantic / J. Gordon Vaeth

https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!436873~!0#focus ...