Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Rigid Airships

Related time notes

  1. The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier
    15:30Could American helium supplies support German Zeppelins?Q&A
  2. The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier
    39:36Why helium supply limited the experimental fleetNotable Point
  3. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    5:45Why the US Navy wanted a flying aircraft carrierChapter
  4. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    13:50Watch Akron fly and moor in contemporary Navy footageNotable Point
  5. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    18:42Did Akron normally fly nose-down?Q&A
  6. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    30:42How captured Zeppelins shaped British and American airship developmentNotable Point
  7. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    33:40The experimental airships that led to AkronChapter
  8. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    38:24Where did the United States get its airship helium?Q&A
  9. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    41:20Why did the US Navy avoid hydrogen in its rigid airships?Q&A
  10. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    41:51How Goodyear and Zeppelin turned an airship concept into AkronChapter
  11. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:06:12From airship scout to airborne reconnaissance baseChapter
  12. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:12:04From goldbeater's skin to rubberized gas cellsChapter
  13. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:17:23Would compressed helium give an airship more lift?Q&A
  14. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:19:37Akron's structure, lift, and endurance tradeoffsChapter
  15. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:22:54Why Akron had no conventional stall speedNotable Point
  16. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:37:14Saving helium while carrying fewer aircraft than plannedNotable Point
  17. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:39:46Could Akron recover a pound of water for every pound of fuel?Q&A
  18. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:49:27Akron enters service as a national naval projectChapter
  19. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    1:59:33Akron's qualified success in a difficult search exerciseNotable Point
  20. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    2:02:32Could Akron simply fly over mountain ranges?Q&A
  21. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    2:05:36Why Akron's below-cloud spy basket failedNotable Point
  22. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    2:21:17Why a working trapeze did not secure the airship programmeNotable Point
  23. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    2:26:36Lakehurst machinery and the fatal Camp Kearny mooringChapter
  24. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    2:40:56West Coast scouting shows the airship's search reachChapter
  25. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    2:48:46Akron was still considered viable in March 1933Notable Point
  26. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    2:51:27Akron's fatal storm leaves almost no survival marginChapter
  27. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:15:08Could Akron have climbed above the fatal storm?Q&A
  28. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:20:27The nine-aircraft ZRCV needed a stronger investment caseNotable Point
  29. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:30:28The 350-foot limit made ZRCV impossibleNotable Point
  30. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:44:24Why Britain favored carriers over naval airshipsQ&A
  31. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:51:34Did airships ever fight each other?Q&A