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I just read that the Shenadoah towed a target for the USS Texas anti-aircraft guns with success. The target was 50' long 10' in
diameter and was peppered by the Texas at 3000 feet. An interesting use for the lighter-than air ship. AL |
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The Navy also had two dirigibles in the 1930s that could launch and recover
fighter planes while in flight. WDA end "old hoodoo" wrote in message ... I just read that the Shenadoah towed a target for the USS Texas anti-aircraft guns with success. The target was 50' long 10' in diameter and was peppered by the Texas at 3000 feet. An interesting use for the lighter-than air ship. AL |
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At typical "poopy bag" flight speeds and 3,000 ft. AGL, this was probably no
great challenge to any competently-trained AAA battery. Still, I would not have wanted to be riding in the gondola - the bag itself makes a very large and tempting target. At least SHENANDOAH (ZR-1) was a helium airship - think of what a well-misplaced AAA round would have done to a hydrogen airship. See http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/a...ypes/zr1-v.htm for more detail. -- Mike Kanze "The Project Uncertainty Principle says that if you understand a project, you won't know its cost, and vice versa." - Dilbert, August 6 2003 "old hoodoo" wrote in message ... I just read that the Shenadoah towed a target for the USS Texas anti-aircraft guns with success. The target was 50' long 10' in diameter and was peppered by the Texas at 3000 feet. An interesting use for the lighter-than air ship. AL |
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