USS Macon Revisited 2015

So you were making a joke too (but a better one?) because the humour-police can do that…

…and what’s been your contribution to this fascinating thread (apart from scolding me)?

I’m guessing from your extremely patronising first post that you didn’t understand that I was trying to make a joke…

Good guess. Maybe it’s because jokes are usually funny.

I’m patronizing? Go back and look at post #2 in this discussion thread. Your very first instinct in commenting on this otherwise fascinating subject was to “humorously” insult the intelligence of the Nautilus science team over your perceived misuse of a trivial bit of semantics. You decided to set the tone by having a go at word choice … so why throw a hissy fit when someone does it to your writing and does it better?

I should imagine the structure was magnesium alloy for lightness and probably wouldn’t survive long, hence no airship.

That would explain it but would they really use magnesium alloy for the main structure of the airship? I know the USS Macon had some pretty advanced features but I thought most airships used duralumin for the main structure; unless the loss of lift from using helium instead of hydrogen forced magnesium alloy on the designers?

Good one. The way the reporter uses “ship” interchangeably and accurately with “airship” is hilarious.

Seriously? You either, didn’t understand that I was trying to make a joke, you don’t think I should be allowed to attempt to make jokes or you didn’t think my attempt at a joke was amusing (and I’m guessing from your extremely patronising first post that you didn’t understand that I was trying to make a joke)…

…either way, who appointed you the humour-police around here?

I should imagine the structure was magnesium alloy for lightness and probably wouldn’t survive long, hence no airship.
During my training we bolted two pieces of mag alloy together and dropped them in a salt water solution, when we entered the classroom after a week or so all that remained was the bolt, the thing was fizzing the minute it hit the water.

Good one. The way the reporter uses “ship” interchangeably and accurately with “airship” is hilarious.

Perhaps you should look up the definition for ‘joke’ next? 😉

The team of E/V Nautilus explores the USS Macon, a US Navy dirigible aircraft carrier…

They do know that the USS Macon was an airship, right?

Yes. They most certainly do.

dir·i·gi·ble

noun

1. airship, especially one with a rigid structure.

http://news.usni.org/2015/08/19/exploring-the-wreck-of-uss-macon-the-navys-last-flying-aircraft-carrier

I watched this last night from around 5.00 in the eve to 4.00 in the morning and found it absolutely fascinating….poignant… very Difficult conditions at times, the team did everything that was planned they should do, extremely respectful…….. and careful to disturb the site as little as possible. very, very professional in my opinion.

They do know that the USS Macon was an airship, right?

I doubt that… 🙂

The team of E/V Nautilus explores the USS Macon, a US Navy dirigible aircraft carrier that sank off the central California coast in 1935. The team finds parts of the ship as well as the Sparrowhawk biplanes it carried. – See more at: http://www.nautiluslive.org/video/2015/08/18/exploring-uss-macon-dirigible-aircraft-carrier#sthash.fhjMIz41.dpuf

It is strange that most exploration photographs of the USS Macon that I have seen seem to focus on the biplanes; what happened to the structure of the airship itself?

This video has brief glimpses of an engine, a driveshaft and parts of the water-ballast recovery system but what happened to the vast structure of the airship itself? The hanger for the biplanes was at the bottom of the hull and the biplanes are sitting together the right way up; there should be about a hundred tons of rigid airship structure sitting on top of them?

The team of E/V Nautilus explores the USS Macon, a US Navy dirigible aircraft carrier that sank off the central California coast in 1935. The team finds parts of the ship as well as the Sparrowhawk biplanes it carried.

They do know that the USS Macon was an airship, right?