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Aircraft Carriers
ouiskiandzoda Started conversation Nov 28, 2006
The U.S. Navy had a few and used them as aircraft carriers. The planes (tiny sparrow hawks) were stored inside, and used a trapeze-like mechanism to get them out and inside. Eventually, they each succumbed to bad weather, sometimes with fatalities.
Aircraft Carriers
ouiskiandzoda Posted Nov 28, 2006
This is one of my "favorite" topics, since my birthday falls on the anniversary of the Hindenburg accident...
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