Channels, Fall 2023

74 • Analysis of the Blimp and Its Contributions Channels 2023 po tuhr epro as ier car na fdt ws tarse cnagpt ha :b l ee nodf ut hr aenf ce ea . t sNoof eDxutreinndg e dt h fel i gwh at sr , t ht ha et bcloi mmpms ocno uKl d- s hdiop. e m“p ni o d le s u s s r . e ” a snsceed awitfhiftya-ninraen-hgoeurofcru1i,s4i6n0g 73 Specialty K-ships equipped for tArfarni csaa tSlqa un at idc rcorno spsoi snsgefsosre tdr ea vn es nf e gr rteoatthe er ra ai rnsghei p. T wh i as ss tcaat pi sat bi cl ew ao sf nuontdj eurs t twh eh abt easnt pa voes rs ai bglee l ec inrgc tuhmosft aannc eosp, e er iatthi oe nr , a la sf l i gt hhet ihnoutrhse. Atlantic for a blimp was 12.6 74 Blimps thus could stay with cmoannvyo yesv ef on r otpheer amt eods td uo fr i nt hge t hd ea yn, i ag nh dt . Bs cl hi me dpuslqe u ac do rnos ni sst ewnet rl ye aabsl e wt oe lkl ;e eZpPt-h2i1s “t wo peeerna tceodmemv ei srsyi odnai yn go fd iat ys (e1x iNs toevnecme bb ee r- 1t h9e4s2e) as nt adt itshtei cds a t(e1 o5 f tMh ea yt e r1m9i4n5a)t;i o tnhoi sf mopeearnattio9n2s6.”consecutive days of ZP-21 75 Airship squadrons pc or on vt iendu otuhsel y b l iumn pd e rc o uwl da r tbi em eo p ec roantde id- tInionads.dition to this endurance of operational use during the Second World 73 Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 183. 74S t aNt ae vs aFl lAe ierts Ah ii pr sThri pa i nOipnegr aa nt ido nEsx pi ne rWi mo er lndt aWl Ca or mI I m, ” al ansdt , m“ Sot ad ti fi si et idc a1l 9S4u6m, amc ac re ys soef dU On ictteod- ber 10, 2022, https://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NASM.1994.0022_ref103. 75StaNtaevsaFllAeeirtsAhiirpsThripaiOnipnegraatnidonEsxipneWrimorelndtWal aCromII.m” and, “Statistical Summary of United 76 William Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 219. Wt h ea r m, bolsi mt epns dpurroi nv ge dmtihl iet ma rsye lcvreasf t t oe vbeer immi pl el setmo ne en st e. Nd a ivny ba l i vmapr ise bt yr o ok fe tphoes tnwo an r- rt iemf ueesl,efdi r s at iirn 1e9n4d6u rfaonr c1e7 0r.e3c ho or du r st horre7e do ra y8s. 3, tdhaeynsa, ga anidn fiinn a1l9l y5 i4nf1o9r 5270 0f o. 2r h2o6u4r. 2s hours or 11 straight days.76 Till this day, nb roo ok tehne trhme fai nn na le rde pc oorwd e. rHeodp ai ni rgc troa fmt ahka es tf oh ri smsi pl i teacrt ya cuusl ea ,r t heen Nd ua rvaynacuet hporroi zf iet da bal ne et uxrpee or ifmCeonl dt Wf o ar rt Ah ei r bDl ei mf epn sien: Ot hpee rsat rt iuocn- Wt e shtowl eaGs at loe .dIemt eprlme mi neenwt ehde itnh e1r9t6h0e, at hi re- sAhEi Wp ’ s pel na tdf uo rr amn ct oe wd eotue lcdt be en ne emf iyt ai ti racsr aa fnt amnadi n tsauibnm acroivneersa. gIef twh ei t hbolui mt p cs e ac soiunlgd, tphaeryt ocfo uAlmd epr oi csas’ isb lrya dbaerc opmi c ke e ta. Ac rl tuhcoi af fl details this test: T1 9h 6e 0o. p Se ur as tt iaoi nn ebde goann- sotna t1i oFne bf rl iug ahrt ys et hxrcoe ue gd hi n gt hf eo r tmy ohsot u sr es vwe reer e wmi natdeer wC oeaast th. eI rt ewvaesr, rqeuci ot er dl ietde roafl fl yt ,haenEaalsl t-

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