The US got several Zeppilins prior to WWII. Apparently, they were successful
enough that the Navy blimp programs were started.
That, of course, would all have used Helium.
Bill Pearce
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From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> 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
>
>
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> From: "Paul Laughlin" <pelaughlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:37 PM
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>
>> Zeppelin is a company name, kinda like Boeing or Convair.
>> Paul in Portland OR
>>
>>
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>> 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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