The K-class blimp was a class of blimps (non-rigid airship) built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio, for the United States Navy. These blimps...
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Navy awarded a contract for two different airships, K-class blimp designated K-2 and a smaller blimp based upon Goodyear's smaller commercial model airship...
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blimp bases, (Navy Air Stations Blimps bases), were United States Navy blimp bases built to protect coastal waters during World War II. Navy Blimps could...
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G class blimp and L class blimp, US training blimps built by Goodyear during World War II K class blimp and M class blimp, US anti-submarine blimps operated...
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1921–1923 J class blimp 1922–1940 K class blimp 1938–1959, WWII anti-submarine, post-war tests K-1 1938–1940, pre-war experimental L class blimp 1930s–1945...
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Harbour ferries K-class torpedo boat, Dutch warships K-class blimp, blimps built for the US Navy Class K, a classification for stars Energy class, an earthquake...
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Akron, Ohio built the M-class blimp for the United States Navy as the follow-on to the K-class anti-submarine warfare blimp used during World War II...
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The K-1 was an experimental blimp designed by the United States Navy in 1929. The K-1 was not the prototype of the later K-class blimps. Due to the inability...
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The G-Class Blimps were a series of non-rigid airships (blimps) used by the United States Navy. In 1935, instead of developing a new design airship, the...
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helicopters, the Agusta-Bell AB.102 and the Sikorsky H-19, and a class of airship, the K-class blimp. In 2016, it received designation as a Historic Engineering...
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airships were built for the U.S. Navy 133 K-class blimps 10 L-class blimps 7 G-class blimps 4 M-class blimps As well as planned and new construction, some...
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The J-class blimps were non-rigid airships designed by the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in the early 1920s for the US...
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Zero) non-rigid airships or "blimps" were developed in United Kingdom during World War I from the earlier SS ("Sea Scout") class. The main role of these craft...
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A class blimp (experimental) B class blimp (patrol & training) C class blimp (patrol) D class blimp (patrol) E class blimp (trainer) F class blimp (trainer)...
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The C-class blimp was a patrol airship developed by the US Navy near the end of World War I, a systematic improvement upon the B-type which was suitable...
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engines powered the N-Class blimps. An initial contract was awarded to the Goodyear Aircraft Company for the prototype N-class blimp in the late 1940s, with...
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Guard helicopters, biplanes, the control gondola and tail fin of the K-class blimp K-47, an aircraft that President George H. W. Bush trained in, and the...
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1993, including intellectual property surrounding the now-retired Goodyear Blimp designs (GZ-20 and GZ-22). While owning the designs, Lockheed Martin does...
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The D class blimp was a patrol airship used by the US Navy in the early 1920s. The D-type blimps were slightly larger than the C-type and had many detail...
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2005 NA UAV Ilyushin Il-38 USSR 1967 58 Junkers Ju 290 Germany 1942 65 K-class blimp USA 1938 134 Kawanishi H3K Japan 1930 5 Kawanishi H6K Mavis Japan 1936...
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The H class blimp was an observation airship built for the U.S. Navy in the early 1920s. The original "H" Class design of 1919 was for a twin engined...
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Carrier Aircraft Service Units (redirect from Blimp HedRon)
related to Seaplane tenders, Seaplane tenders of the United States, K-class blimps and Consolidated PBY Catalina. Aviation machinist's mate Operation Ivory...
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The B class blimps were patrol airships operated by the United States Navy during and shortly after World War I. The Navy had learned a great deal from...
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The E class of US Navy blimps comprised a single airship, built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US...
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both mission and manufacturer, and lasted until 1962. Navy blimps were initially grouped by class and then used a special designation system until 1954, when...
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Warning Service." One observation post survives, in Hebron, Connecticut. K-class blimp Aircraft Warning Service Volunteer, June 1944 Personal collection of...
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The British NS (North Sea) class non-rigid airships were the largest and last in a succession of "blimps" that served with the Royal Naval Air Service...
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was maximized for underwater speed by fully streamlining the hull like a blimp. This required a single screw aft of the rudders and stern planes. Adoption...
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Goodyear G class blimp United States patrol blimp 1935 10 Goodyear K class blimp United States patrol blimp 1938 132 Goodyear L class blimp United States...
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