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A 785-Foot Airship Crashed on This Day in 1935. The Location of the Wreck Site Remained a Mystery for More Than 70 Years
The USS Macon crash brought a quick end to the U.S. Navy’s vision of “flying aircraft carriers” powered by helium gas ...
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Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk: The US Biplane Fighter That Was Carried By Airships
Aircraft carriers don't have to float - they can also fly. The United States Navy's interwar Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk was a parasitic fighter bi-plane carried by airborne aircraft carriers.
Smithsonian Magazine4d
A 785-Foot Airship Crashed on This Day in 1935. The Location of the Wreck Site Remained a Mystery for More Than 70 Years.
The Macon was outfitted with trapeze bars under its belly and could carry either five Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk biplanes or five N2Y-1s. The Sparrowhawk was a type of plane known as a “parasite ...