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On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 11:38:57 -0500, "Byker" <byker@do~rag.net> wrote:
>"Bob (not my real pseudonym)" wrote in message
>news:0l8trbhmhb6fdeqohbiibv2tt9ln14dk7o@4ax.com...
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>> https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8d/38/d4/8d38d494de9fe1bbb24968c38f78e949.jpg>
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>That's the USS Los Angeles, built in Germany and delivered to the U.S. as a
>war reparation.
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>It must've been breathtaking to see something the size of an ocean liner
>floating overhead:
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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pynINuESJLI
Interesting clip, especially the first part - did the camera guy just
fall asleep? Or was he trying to capture then vivid grays of the
sunset?
When I was a kid, we used to get a visit from the Goodyear blimp each
summer; running outside when we heard that unique sound. And it was a
mere fraction of the size of these dirigibles...
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HSBVjK81UA
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>Unlike the ill-fated Shenandoah, Akron, and Macon, the Los Angeles' career
>did not meet a disastrous end. It was broken up for scrap in 1939.
>
>Pic: Los Angeles (right) and Shenandoah, 1924
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