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Do any of you fine folks out there have access to information on the L-series blimps operated by the USN in World War 2? I'd like to get my hands on a 3-view drawing, vital stats and dimmensions, and or more pictures. I'm including a picture of the specific blimp that I'm most interested in.

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I'll look through my stuff, I have some 3-View Drawings of blimps, but I don't think they are of the L-Series. :(
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L-8...the famous "Ghost Blimp"!

Somewhere I have a photo or two of her car while under restoration at Pensacola. Does anyone know if the car is on display yet?

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Dan K wrote:
L-8...the famous "Ghost Blimp"!

Somewhere I have a photo or two of her car while under restoration at Pensacola. Does anyone know if the car is on display yet?


Does anyone know who I should contact in Pensacola to get pictures of the car?

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You don't conjure up a picture of a blimp when someone says,"warbird" but, of course, it is.

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Ryan,

WIXer Owen Miller lives in Mobile and frequents Pensacola on a fairly regular basis. He has access to the restoration area as well (if the car is still back there).

I will go through my photos (from June, 2005) sometime this weekend and see what turns up.

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Thought I'd taken more photos of it, Ryan. My bad.

My excuse is that I was distracted by a Brewster on one side and a Coronado flying boat on the other. :rolleyes:

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Wow! Thanks for the picture, any more available, anyone? I'm also looking for a good detail shot of on of those L-blimps fthat shows the engines and the underside of the car.

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The archives of the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation are in the Lockheed-Martin Collection at the University of Akron. They might be able to help with drawings, etc.

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what ever happened to the Goodyear Airship America (?) which was earlier the infamous Navy L-8??

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Jack Cook wrote:
what ever happened to the Goodyear Airship America (?) which was earlier the infamous Navy L-8??


The gondola still exists and is undergoing restoration at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida. Dan K posted a photo of it taken in the NMNA workshop -- just scroll up in this thread and check it out!
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Why is the L-8 infamous?

Ollie the wonderer.

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Why is the L-8 infamous?

In 1942 it drifted ashore near Daly City, CA minus it's crew. Theories range from murder-suicide, they fell out, captured by a Japanese Sub or a UFO abducted them.

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oy!

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