Check "Examples of non-rigid airships" here for examples of British and
American military blimp usage starting with WWI.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blimp>
The Tillamook blimp hanger can be seen at the bottom of this page.
Texas and Florida blimp hangers are no longer standing. Destroyed by
fire or hurricanes.
<http://www.texasescapes.com/WorldWarII/Hitchcock-Naval-Air-Station.htm>
Chuck Norcutt
John Hudson wrote:
> During our annuals trips to the Oregon coast in the 1990s we visited an
> enormous Zeppelin hanger somewhere near Tillamook on Highway 101. Seems
> that the US military used one or more of these things over the coast in WW2
> ............. dropping grenades on intruding submarines perhaps ! In terms
> of size, the hanger would have accomodated several large football stadiums
> end to end and side to side. I recall that the building had been turned into
> something like an Indy car racing circuit.
>
> jh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Laughlin" <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] The Zepplin is Coming!
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>> Zeppelin is a company name, kinda like Boeing or Convair.
>> Paul in Portland OR
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Johnny Johnson" <jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 8:45 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] The Zepplin is Coming!
>>
>>
>>> At 01:53 AM 1/15/2009, Chris Barker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, probably. No one has described an airship as a Zeppelin (or a
>>>> blimp) for many years.
>>> I wonder if there was a regional influence also. In Georgia (USA) in
>>> the 50's/60's we referred to airships with rigid internal frames as
>>> dirigibles and those without frames as blimps. I never heard the
>>> term Zeppelin used unless in reference to the one that crashed.
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