Absolutely mind bending. I wish I could go back in time to see one of these giants in person. Great video. Well done.
@xxdfosterАй бұрын
Oh honey are ya makin any money Thats all i want to know
@geraldinemcguire1698Ай бұрын
I do remember the Goodyear blimps in Akron Ohio. Also remember the soapbox derby in Akron. And all our mansions that we played in. Now they call it "flyover area. America used ro be innovative. Now it is a homeless druggwd out junkyard. What hapoened??😢
@rickyodom1201Ай бұрын
wrong way to built one in water or air still need flight deck f 35c are perfect for this
@lisacrosby28882 ай бұрын
that's pretty cool I'll call you later I have to go to the store waiting to see if she wants to go with thanks for the movie
@davidjohnrivingtonmcdonough2 ай бұрын
I can't accept 4 tonnes of gasoline this would not be acceptable!
@davidjohnrivingtonmcdonough2 ай бұрын
I can't go along with the narrative, Electricity was Free still is, there is no profit in Free!
@williamkelly82373 ай бұрын
The United States did not and boycotted the sale of helium to Germany for the Hindenburg not the other way around
@Squirmula14 ай бұрын
Got to wonder had the Navy had stuck with airships (not blimps) how something like Pearl Harbor or better yet the Battle of the Atlantic might have played out. Imagine the Akron with radar. It would have been a huge menace to U-boats.
@Visiorary4 ай бұрын
Wow!
@Johnnyredtail4 ай бұрын
Never got to see her but Hanger 1 is awesome! Was stationed at Moffett for two years.
@CosmosNut4 ай бұрын
Fascinating history !! Really enjoyed and learned a lot. Thank you.
@steveperry13445 ай бұрын
these were so massive and impressive craft to look at but ended up being a bad idea.
@steveperry13445 ай бұрын
it's amazing how big these airships were, too big.
@JS-vm9ws5 ай бұрын
In less than 100 years we went from this to AI controlled military drones (soon)...... scary.
@josephshupac67695 ай бұрын
Around the 13-14 minute mark, is that a plane flying back to re-hook itself to the airship in midair?!
@jakegorman71215 ай бұрын
So much un-true history....
@duckbizniz6635 ай бұрын
Thank God the US Navy gave up on airships. A giant target in the sky, slow moving, and its vulnerability to rough weather makes airship useless in warfare. The only thing airships are good for is advertising during peace time. The absolute absurdity that a gigantic target, slow moving, easily damaged by projectile airships can be used by the military is ridiculous. There were times in this film documentary when the narrator seems to advocate airship use in the military. What type of reasoning is this? Eventually after spending an outrageous sum of taxpayer money this crazy idea was abandoned. With the approach of WWII the decision makers were forced to stop wasting taxpayer money, develop effective weapons, and discard this joke. The number of disasters associated with airships is a testament to its failure. Regardless of national fabrication, structural design, source of air-lifting force, ... All airships ended in disastrous failure. That itself should tell you this does not work especially for the military.
@phillipchapman1696 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating. I watch all parts one after the other. Glued to it. I have had a thing for the old rigid airships. Enormous yet graceful. Brave crews hanging on the plane cradle banging away at the hook to release the plane. Yikes!
@PRH1237 ай бұрын
Fascinating video. Have never seen before this level of technical detail. It really underlines the high technologies and massive resources that were going into these machines. Literally the Apollo moon program of its day.
@saramurphy3458 ай бұрын
Fascinating thank you
@saramurphy3458 ай бұрын
Mine is bigger then yours
@saramurphy3458 ай бұрын
Men and their toys...
@whitevanadventures4116 Жыл бұрын
It crashed of course. But because it was helium filled at least it didn’t explode like most of them did.
@pauldziejman Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your research and time you invested in making these videos! I saw an exhibit of the Akron at the Cradle of Aviation museuem on Long Island and had to learn more.
@dennislloyd494 Жыл бұрын
I miss the big airships but not the music of the era.
@philipbrown2225 Жыл бұрын
thank you
@reyleno926 Жыл бұрын
Nice and best view of the Hindenburg’s conflagration! The last time a swastika flew over America. Swastikas are best seen on the fins during its flight over Manhattan, summer of ‘36.
@reyleno926 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful documentary! Instead of just something floating around out there, we are personally acquainted with the development , operation and downfall of these aircraft. FDR was involved, the airplanes were called sparrow hawks, there was a piano on board. 🤗🤗🙄🙄
@stevebailey325 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Sunnyvale in the 70s and 80s. I fondly remember going to airshow at Moffett. They would give indoor hot air balloon rides in Hanger #1. They would only travel up and down, but that's how big it is. Sad to see the skin taken off a number of years ago. It sits with the girders only. :(
@stevebailey325 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in Sunnyvale and saw P-3s come in and out of Moffet for many years. Went to many airshow there too. I was sad to see yhe skin taken off Hanger1 for yhe last number of years.
@hartmutwrith3134 Жыл бұрын
Built by Good YearZeppelin Corp wich was owned by 75% share by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH in Friedrichshafen/Germany. Leading engineer had been Karl Arnstein.
@PRH1237 ай бұрын
That's a fascinating detail on its own...!
@Johnny28614 Жыл бұрын
I was at the Pensacola Air Museum and I saw that one of the Aircraft was from the USS Akron because on the side of the plane it had AKRON on it, idk if is from the Akron because it doesn’t have the Little Hook on the top but I believe is from the Akron, Also I saw the Area on the Upper floor of the Airships or Blimps area which I really liked since I like History and Airships
@na3044 Жыл бұрын
Killer music selection.
@Semprefi Жыл бұрын
I could watch this stuff all day. I can’t believe that I just recently discovered that a USMC base I was stationed at for three years (MCAS (H) El Toro in Tustin California)was originally built for these behemoths. That explains the LTA ( Lighter than air) designation that was still attached to the name. There was a deflated Goodyear blimp in the hanger where we played basketball.Another possible clue lol
@jayreiter268 Жыл бұрын
Is Ramey Cord Bungy cord? Cannot find it on a search.
@whatsinthebox5504 Жыл бұрын
I grew up in the shadow of the Goodyear Airdock and to see it dwarfed by the Macon is crazy!
@lowery022 жыл бұрын
Went down the Goodyear Airdock rabbit hole the last 3 hours. Was going nuts trying to find info on how the plans took off and landed on the Macon and Akron. Thank you for the video!! Those pilots were bonkers
@matthewlawlis24212 жыл бұрын
Thankyou. This was interesing and also helped my fall asleep.
@alexblankenship77372 жыл бұрын
Who else found this after watching Indians Jones and the Last Crusade?
@lyndonowen85252 жыл бұрын
Excellent photos....fills some voids
@newyorkerik2 жыл бұрын
They made the Zepplin, yet somehow this jake is experi mental
@nurlatifahmohdnor89392 жыл бұрын
Page 47 1783 is the year where the balloon was invented.
@timflynn21362 жыл бұрын
My father was a Machinest mate on the USS Shenandoah.
@abundantYOUniverse2 жыл бұрын
You should be commended for your hard work. These are works of art! Great job man.
@abundantYOUniverse2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic documentary thanks.
@deandeann15412 жыл бұрын
At 18:15 there are the gas cylinders - my god, there are so many it doesn't look real - it looks like a matte painting for a science fiction movie. I tried to roughly estimate how many - they look like k cylinders - maybe 210-240 cubic feet each dep. on fill pressure. My best estimate is about 10,000 cylinders, but that's only at most 2.4 M cu.ft., so there actually may be 25,000 or so cylinders. Mind boggling scale - I didn't know there were that many k cylinders in the whole country then. Amazing. Those cylinders can last in service 60 years or more. I wonder if those cyl. were sold or scrapped after use?
@PRH1237 ай бұрын
Struck me too, really underlines the massive cost and resources that went into this project. Would be fascinating to know how they got the helium from that one underground reservoir of natural helium that existed at the time, into those bottles. Must be a tale as fascinating as the airship itself.
@Jason972 жыл бұрын
No watermark. *THANK YOU*
@tomashelm52472 жыл бұрын
... deutsche Ingenieurskunst... bitte nicht vergessen...
@xxdfosterАй бұрын
Amg amg amg amg !! Javol!
@wademasterson31482 жыл бұрын
Watching this excellent program for the third time. Quality you should be proud of sir. Thank you very much.