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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 1975290, member: 28299&quot;]Here&#039;s a medallion I picked up years ago of the USS Macon and USS Akron airships.&nbsp; The medallion is larger than a silver dollar.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Working at NASA Ames, every day I saw the Hangar built to house the Macon.&nbsp; It was MASSIVE, over 8 acres in size, over 6 football fields could fit in it, and so large fog could form in it.&nbsp; It needed to be this big because the Macon, and her sister ship Akron, were 784&#039; in length X 132&#039; in width X 146&#039; in height.&nbsp; They had a maximum speed of 87 mph.&nbsp; The Macon and the Akron were designed as FLYING aircraft carriers in the early 1930&#039;s.&nbsp; They carried up to 5 biplanes each, hence the biplanes in the medallion.&nbsp; The Akron was launched in 1931 and crashed in 1933.&nbsp; The Macon was launched in 1933 and crashed in 1935.&nbsp; That pretty much stopped the US military interest in large airships, (although dirigibles were used during World War II to look for submarines).&nbsp; The images were taken by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/bc_MaconAkronO5_zps83f03c19.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/bc_MaconAkronR4_zpsd8cee186.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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