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Post by: brady on November 01, 2003, 10:01:23 PM

???




(http://www2.freepichosting.com/Images/97123/0.jpg)

Title: Name This...(669)
Post by: Bodhi on November 01, 2003, 10:13:07 PM

A blimp silly!

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Post by: Kommandant on November 02, 2003, 01:46:59 AM

US Navy Helium Filled Blimp

Or a REALLLLY big Brautwurst

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Post by: Widewing on November 02, 2003, 01:47:06 AM

It's either ZP3K or ZP4K Blimp (I lean towards the latter).

My regards,

Widewing

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Post by: frank3 on November 02, 2003, 05:39:53 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Kommandant
Or a REALLLLY big Brautwurst

(psst -->brattwurst)

Title: Name This...(669)
Post by: Blooz on November 02, 2003, 08:36:55 AM

Akron?

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Post by: gunnss on November 02, 2003, 01:50:30 PM

Yep anti sub patrol blimp..... K series

Mounted Depth charges and a .50 cal, one a K4 even had a shootout with a U boat off the US coast during the war......

Gunns

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Post by: Jester on November 02, 2003, 01:52:10 PM

US Navy K-Class Patrol Blimp

TYPE: Anti-Submarine, Patrol
BUILDER: Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp.
LENGTH: 251' 8"  
DIAMETER: 62' 6"
VOLUME: 425,000 - 456,000 cu ft of Helium.
WEIGHT: 28, 000 lbs of which 2,200 was useful load.
ENGINES: 2x P&W Wasp R-1340-AN2 or 425hp Wright Whirlwind R-975-28 nine-cylinder radials.
ARMAMENT: 2 to 4 250 lb Depth Charges, 1x .50 cal MG.
ENDURANCE: 48 hours
SPEED: 67 Knots


Blooz, she is WAY to small to be the USS Akron ZR-4. The Akron was an Airship (had a rigid frame) not a Blimp and was a MONSTER that held 6,500,000 cu ft of helium and could carry 4 aircraft.

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Post by: Blooz on November 02, 2003, 06:06:18 PM

Thought so...just guessing really.

The only US Navy airships I can recall from memory are Akron and Shenendoah.

At least I didn't just write "blimp".

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Post by: brady on November 02, 2003, 06:48:24 PM

K-Class, it is:)

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Post by: Jester on November 03, 2003, 01:06:56 AM

Hey Blooz,

The other two most famous US Navy Airships are the MACON (sister to Akron) and the LOS ANGELES (She was German made).

The LA was the only one that didn't crash.

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Post by: 1Duke1 on November 03, 2003, 02:28:53 AM

Now, does anyone know what the pilot's Warfare pin looked like?? :eek:

(ex: Submariner's warfare pin = dolphins)

No googling!! ;)  Sorry for the hijack, bu couldn't resist :aok

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Post by: udet on November 03, 2003, 08:39:38 AM

Akron, Macon, Dixon or Clinton, one of those :)

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Post by: capt. apathy on November 03, 2003, 09:57:19 AM

Brady, I'm guessing you've already been to the blimp hangers in Tillamook (probably a few times.  I go back to check it out every couple years).   nice museum over there,  some really sweet planes, and good reading on the air-ships.