Airship construction

[izzy eckerslike]

An amazing photo of the construction of airship USS Macon. As part of the Goodyear-Zeppelin arrangement, the Luftshiffbau Zeppelin sent technical experts to Akron to train Goodyear employees in the design and construction of airships c.1930.
Photo from Machinist museum.

 

[mikejee]

Would not have been at all happy on those ladders

 

[izzy eckerslike]

Would not have been at all happy on those ladders

Even more so when they are mounted on a cart

 

[Richard Dye]

An amazing photo of the construction of airship USS Macon. As part of the Goodyear-Zeppelin arrangement, the Luftshiffbau Zeppelin sent technical experts to Akron to train Goodyear employees in the design and construction of airships c.1930.
Photo from Machinist museum.
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Izzy, just looking at that thing makes my stomach very nervous !

 

[PA739]

Izzy, just looking at that thing makes my stomach very nervous !

Here in Birmingham, Wolseley Motors at its Adderley Park Works, made engines, radiators and transmission gear for Vickers airships, and also supplied engines for some Italian airships.
The Company also did strip examination and testing of engines from Zeppelins brought down over Britain and France.
PA739

 

[Astoness]

oh my goodness...i can see 3 men at the very top of those ladders...no health and safety back then...amazing photo

lyn

 

[Morturn]

Another death defying airship build. The Hindenburg

 

[Astoness]

oh my goodness mort...

 

[izzy eckerslike]

How about this one USS Los Angeles airship lands on USS Saratoga, January 1928

(Fb Historic photograph group photo)

 

[izzy eckerslike]

There's a video on Youtube showing this event, you can see the airship dropping water ballast all over the crew!

 

[Richard Dye]

Another death defying airship build. The Hindenburg


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WOW! That’s worse that building some of those bridges! That is scary.