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U.S.S. Akron (ZRS-4) and U.S.S. Macon (ZRS-5) The United States Navy airships U.S.S. Akron (ZRS-4) and U.S.S. Macon (ZRS-5) were designed for long-range scouting in support of fleet operations. Often referred to as flying aircraft carriers, each of the helium-inflated airships carried F9C-2 Curtiss Sparrowhawk biplanes which could be launched ...
Feb 6, 2024 · Published February 06, 2024. On a late September day in 1931, more than 150,000 people flocked to Akron Municipal Airport to witness a spectacle. The air was abuzz with excitement as the USS...
Oct 10, 2023 · The USS Akron, launched in 1931, was one of the largest rigid airships ever built and served as a pioneering flying aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy. Designed with an internal hangar, it could deploy and retrieve F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes in mid-air, offering unique reconnaissance and defense capabilities.
Mar 26, 2020 · A city in Ohio. (ZRS-4: dead weight 221,000 pounds; useful load 182,000 pounds; length 785'; maximum diameter 132.5'; height 152.5'; nominal gas volume 6,500,000 cubic feet; speed 72 knots (maximum), 50 knots (cruising); complement 89; armament 4 aircraft, 7 machine guns; class Akron) Construction of the rigid airship ZRS-4 commenced on 31 October 1929 at Akron, Ohio, by the Goodyear-Zeppelin ...
Story by Emma Taylor. • 3m. T he USS Akron and USS Macon, helium-filled airships, were the US Navy’s attempt at flying aircraft carriers, offering a skyborne platform for launching and...
Jan 27, 2018 · The USS Akron: America's Flying Aircraft Carrier. Kris Osborn, Warrior Maven - Center for Military Modernization. Jan 27, 2018. By Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest. Nearly a hundred years ago the U.S. Navy asked a question: if airplanes can fly through the air, why couldn’t a vessel carrying them fly through the air as well?
USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a helium -filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy, the lead ship of her class, which operated between September 1931 and April 1933. It was the world's first purpose-built flying aircraft carrier, carrying F9C Sparrowhawk fighter planes, which could be launched and recovered while it was in flight.
