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56 • Analysis of the Blimp and Its Contributions Channels 2023 tpheer iSoedc. oTnhde Ws t oa nr ldda Wr das roaf nt hd i tsheev pa lousat twi oanr wt hiel l Biantctllue doef tiht se Awtal ar nt itmi cea nr edciot sr dr adwu pr ienrg- feonrdmu ar an nc ec e (, st ae fcehtny i, c sa pl ev ee dr s, avt ui l li nt ye, reatbci. l)i tays, cmoamr ipnaer edde f teon st he e, soetahrec rh ma ne dt hroeds sc uoef , saunbd- airborne detection of the day. Literature Review Dp oi si nt itnsg uoins h wi nhg ebt he et wr etehne dUi fSf e rNeanvtyv iLeTwA- pt hreo g rSaemc o wn da s We f foercltdi v eWdaurr i npgr ea snedn at sf t e ar uh insitqourei e ss iet nu adt iaotnt. hMe odsets t mr uacjtoi or n aoi rfs ht hi pe Hindenburg,12 which did have a major ec ef fpetcito no n. Iat i r ss ehri pv eds e va es l oap md reanmt aa nt i dc paenrd- sa ii mr s ph li ipf ise da npdu insc ut unadt ei or ns t at on dt ha eb l hy i setmo rpyh oa -f st hi zi es ,d maos stt hme aejno dr aoef raonn aeurtai c. aBl ehc iasut os er i eosf rNeaf vr ay i bn l i fmr opms . Tehvuesn, smo uernctei os nt hi nagt atcht eu aUl l yS dwies rc eu shsi gthhleymi n vt eens tde dt oi nbteh es opur or cgersa mt hiat t- sheislftorriaanths.er than general aviation Tt rheea t mf i resnt t mb ya j omr a vj oi er wp oapl iugl na rs hwi si ttho r itehse, mainly through deeming Navy blimps as 12 Botting, The Giant Airships. 13 Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 206. 14 Samuel Eliot Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, vol. I (Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1947), 251. 15 Ibid, 251n. ut hnei mp op ionrtt aonf te xa cnldu dui nn ng etcheesms a rf ryo, me vbe eni nt og mt heenAt itol annetdi c i na nhdi spt oorsitews aor f atvhi ea t Bi oant .t lWe iol -f lhi ai smt o rAyl t hoof f ft, hwe h oN awv yr o’ st e LtThAe dperfoi ng ri tai mv e, o hst u a a r r t d e w d, o a “ r f T e— he m s n u o o r r f n e a r c i e g i e d s s h t l a i a p b c s l k i se a h d n e d t d h e a i g r n c l a a r v m a a ft - l mc oandf lei c tf a. mP uobulsi s hbeyd f aocucro uyne at sr so fotfhge l oBbaat -l taliersohfipt.h”e Atlantic seldom mention the 13 Indeed, most historical accAot luannttsi c obf a rt he el y hc ouvnet r ftohre Uc o- bn ot rai tbsu ti ino nt hoef be sl itme epms . eSda mn auveal lEhl iios tt oMr ioarni s ao pn p, tohi en thei dg hbl yy Pa lrl ey swi diet nnet sRs oaonsde vwerl itt eh itmh es ehl if s tt oo rpyeor fs ot hne- Uc uSs Ns iaovnyoifnbWl i mo pr lsdtWo baarrIeIl, yl itmwiot sphaigseds ios -f his fifteen volume work, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. In those two pages, Morrison ad- mc oint sc l utsoi o nhsoal ds itnogt h“esior mu seewf uhlante s gs .l”o o m y 14 He ct ho enmt i nause si n, “f Me roi os rt nt oa vpa ll aonf ef isc ef rosr raergeaar dpead- tcroovle ar angde ,wboercsaeu st eh at hn euy sceol eusl ds bi ne sc iognhvt eo dy bmyo as t Us-mb oo akte -ecvaerne lfeusrst hf reeri gahwt ea ry. ”t h a n t h e 15 Morisboy na rs es fel retci tnsgt ht hi sa tv i“emwopsot ionftf iwc eerl sl ”n oh te lodn il ty,

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