Sep 12, 2022
For fifteen years the United States Navy invested heavily in
rigid airships... only to lose the majority of their fleet in
tragic accidents. This week join us for the sad tales of the ZR-2,
the USS Shenandoah, the USS Akron, and the
USS Macon and learn why we can't have nice
things.
Transcript, sources, links and more at
https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/air-crash-museum/
Key sources for this episode include Thomas H. Flaherty's The
Epic of Flight: The Giant Airships; C.E. Rosendahl's Up
Ship!; and contemporary newspaper reports.
Presented by #13 (Dave White) Artist. Lover. Social Media
Unfluencer. Acknowledged authority on lucrative bogs. Dave White is
all this and more. But most days he's a web developer, graphic
designer, and cartoonist. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, his
two cats, and his crippling obsession with strange trivia.
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