70 • Analysis of the Blimp and Its Contributions Channels 2023 Da beisl iptiyt et ot hwi sa,i tt hf oer ahior suhr ispos n’ uennpdaerna al lbe ll ee dd tohf esme a rt oc hb ae nad vraelsucaubel ea na ds sient ai nv at hr iee tf yi e ol df oAtnhoetrhreorlessta. ndard that emerges in the pf oerrtf oi tr ma faf onrcde eodf itths ec raei rws h. iApl tihs otfhf ewcroi tme s- es hx teeenr ssi vi zeel yaonnd tshpi sa cseu bojfe ac t ,bdl iemt api l ci nagr :t h“ Ae Ka t-isohni ps tcaonndt ar or dl sc —a r cwo ma sp—a raat t li ev ae sl yt br oy oamv iy- ac onndf i nc oe md f toor t acbr al em. pFeidg h ct eorc kppiiltost; s pwa terroel pB luatntehse wp aetrreo lsbolmi me pw wh aats leeqsus i pc op ne df i nwi ni tgh. af e rl ae rdg el i vai nn gd asst r we aeml l l ianse idn dc iavri dwu ha li cwh oorfk- spaces.”51 Blimps were some of the only mc r iel wi t as r. yA lctrhaof ft f ocfo nt ht ien uweas r a tnod cdaer sr cyr itbweos tf oh ret ps raovcaeisl sa ba lsewoenl l aa s Kt h- sehci rpe: a“t Suirnec ceo mi n -- fcloi gmhitn gwoa ft fc hdeust ywceoruel dr os tt raet et cdh, tthheei rmseena lreegcsl i anfi tn, gr e cahda, iorrs dsoezte ii nn toon et hoef tdheectkh, r eoer salveaeipl a ibnl eo fnoer oafl lt hhea nbdusn. ”k s . H o t f o o d w a s 52 Flying in a Kspheirpiewncaes,not an exclusively pleasant ex- however. Vaeth, an at hi res ahni pnmo yaann chei ms os ef laf ,bwl i ma sp hpoant reoslt: a b o u t 51 Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 184 52 Ibid, 186. 53 Vaeth, Blimps & U-Boats: U.S. Navy Airships in the Battle of the Atlantic, 37. 54 Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 197. Kw-assh i p sn ow e rseo udna dmpnreodo fni nogi s, y . wT hhei crhe wh aovuel dd oh na ev el i at tdl ed egdo owde ai gnhytw. Iat ywsoi nu cl de twhien deonwg isn easn dw etrhee j uwsitn do uo wt s si d ew et hr ee ll eo fnt g oppaetnr o. l. . i .nT ah eK -psrhi ci pe cpoaui dl d f bo er aa rhionugri ns .gTihne tsheen seea rosf tshmaet l ll aws taesd a fl soor aofffreuc tbebde. rKa-nsdh iapisr ccraarf tr ideodpaen. a r o m a 53 Sa no ud n dNp- rc ol aosfsi n gb lwi ma ps si m, pa nr odv eedv ei nn t hme oMr e- sMp-aschei pw’ sa sf agc ii vl iet ine si nwt ehree c eoxnpt raonls ci vaer ,. Ta nhde st oo mt hei nokf tohf ea fseaabt uo raer sd dae ms cirl ii bt aerdy aari er chr aa rf td: “f oTrht ea b1l1e 7, -af no do t -ul no un sg ucaalrl yw qa us ireot o smi nyc, ec otmh e- es encgtiinoens. Fwoeurre bwu enlkl s a, fct o oo fk i tnhge f af oc ri lwi t ai er sd, lporcokvei rdse, da nf od r s at hnei t acroynevqe un ii pe nmceen to fw et hr ee twelve-to-fourteen-man flight crew.”54 Kp l-es hf ei past uorne wt ha ra dt we vaes nr ac roen toani naei dr c ar asf ti ma t- ti thye ftoi mr em: oa dbeartnh raoi or cmr a. If tt , i sb au ts idmupr li en gf a tchi le- wl o anrg, ctohni sv owy aess cao rltusx aunr yd, peastpr oe cl si a. lAl ys foonr tahl leo wN -esdh itpws ,ot hs ee yp awr ea rt ee sdoe cl akrsg, et ht he a ltotwh eeyr for the on-duty crew and the top for the
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