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L-8, later renamed America and popularly known as the "Ghost Blimp", was a United States Navy L-class airship whose two crewmen disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on August 16, 1942. At 11:15 a.m., several hours after the airship lifted off from Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, L-8 reappeared off the shore of Ocean Beach near Fort ...
The shipment sat at the bottom of the ocean for nearly 80 years.
Flushing Bay, near Queens, New York City: New York: Fokker F28 Fellowship: The aircraft did not generate sufficient lift during takeoff due to excessive ice buildup on the wings and crashed shortly beyond the runway. Delays during taxiing caused too much time to elapse since deicing. January 3, 1992 2 2 2 CommutAir Flight 4281: near Gabriels ...
U.S. Navy airship D-6, A-5972, burns in its NAS Rockaway hangar, along with airships C-10 and H-1, and the kite balloon A-P. 21 February 1922 U.S. Army airship Roma (ex-Italian T34) hits power lines in Virginia and burns out following rudder failure, killing 34 of 45 on board. 34 8 17 October 1922
After sampling water sites around the country, the Surfrider Foundation, an ocean protection advocacy organization, found unsafe levels of fecal contamination at 19% of the 9,095 water samples. Of ...
After smoke rose from waters in the Gulf of Mexico, weird things are washing up on Texas beaches. A marine biologists may have some answers. Strange things are washing up on Texas beaches.
The Roma at Langley Field in 1921. Beginning in 1908 and ending in 1937, the U.S. Army established a program to operate airships.With the exceptions of the Italian-built Roma and the Goodyear RS-1, which were both semi-rigid, all Army airships were non-rigid blimps.
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