Airborne Awesomosity

Hangar One

A while back we brought you a post about the USS Macon. In response, reader Mark sent me the picture above of the USS Macon inside it’s home port. Known as Hangar One, this ginormous structure has been the subject of awe and fantasy in California’s Bay Area for almost 80 years.
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The USS Macon, under construction, on May 20, 1932.

Our good friend tenbeers sent in a link to this amazing photography, showing the construction of the USS Macon, an American airship designed to compete against the German Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg. Unlike the larger German craft, the American airships used helium to keep [...]