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The US Navy’s flying aircraft carrier was real—and it didn’t end well
Summary and Key Points: A century ago, the U.S. Navy tested a startling idea: a “flying aircraft carrier.” -The rigid airships USS Akron and USS Macon carried and launched tiny Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Operating from U.S. Navy airships during the early 1930s, diminutive Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawks tested one of the more ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The USS ZRS-4 Akron crashed on April 4, 1933 about 20 miles off the New Jersey shore near Barnegat Light when the stern crashed on the sea during ...
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