The U.S. Navy hoped the USS Macon and other dirigibles like it would act as flying aircraft carriers. A dirigible could hide in the clouds and lower a gondola to spy in enemies below. The Macon ...

Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups have been operating further from home shores and in greater strength than ever before, ...

The USS Shenandoah became the first rigid dirigible to fly across the ... of the Macon ended the Navy's experiment with flying aircraft carriers, but not the service's work with dirigibles.

There are also some who believe flying aircraft carriers could be part of a future ... the trapeze was raised into the open belly of the dirigible, and the airplane was stored in special racks.” ...

A flying aircraft carrier? Yes, you heard me right ... The USS Shenandoah dirigible flew all the way across the United States and then turned around and headed back across the country in 1924.

and Zeppelins to Flying Aircraft Carriers While the terms are often used interchangeably, airships, dirigibles, blimps, and zeppelins describe different vessels. An airship or dirigible is any LTA ...

The Airborne Aircraft Carrier project involved converting the ... The idea of an enormous plane or dirigible carrying smaller planes is also undeniably cool. The Plane That's a Ship.

The Akron was also built as a flying aircraft carrier. A remarkable inboard hangar carried two Sparrowhawk reconnaissance biplanes. The planes could be lowered from the dirigible by a “flying ...

There are also some who believe flying aircraft carriers could be part of a future ... the trapeze was raised into the open belly of the dirigible, and the airplane was stored in special racks.” ...