Those WERE the days!!!

[crxpilot]

 

[81Horse]

http://www.nps.gov/elro/images/afhra_tuskegeeairanderson.jpg

They wouldn't let a First Lady ride around in one of these anymore, either.

 

[crxpilot]

The airline of the future is here.....

And the airline industry really missed the boat here. What no sleeping quarters in the 21st century?!

http://www.archive.org/stream/1946-02-21_New_Airliner/1946-02-21_New_Airliner_256kb.mp4

 

[81Horse]

Nice, but not as homey as the Graf Zeppelins:

http://forumst.free.fr/image.php?image=http://forumst.free.fr/home/Aero/Dirigeables/Dirigeable_Graf_Zeppelin_chambre_2.jpg&adr=http://images.google.com/imgres%3fimgurl=http://techno-science.net/illustration/Aero/Dirigeables/Dirigeable_Graf_Zeppelin_chambre_2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.techno-science.net/forum/viewtopic.php%253Ft%253D1123&h=400&w=279&sz=18&tbnid=XCJa2eGoFhnySM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=83&hl=en&prev=/images%253Fq%253Dgraf%252Bzeppelin%2526start%253D120%2526ndsp%253D20%2526svnum%253D10%2526hl%253Den%2526lr%253D%2526sa%253DN&frame=small

<Wow -- must be the world's longest link.>

 

[FN FAL]

Yea, but the nuke-u-lar age brought an end to the lighter than air care free days, much to the chagrin of the Goodyear people:

http://www.fw-galerie.de/light/pix/45STOKES.jpg




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[crxpilot]

Except for that last 10 minutes before landing......

http://www.archive.org/stream/1937-05-10_Special_Release_Zeppelin_Explodes/1937-05-10_Special_Release_Zeppelin_Explodes_256kb.mp4

 

[SkiFishFly]

Did you see that missile that came in there and hit just before the explosion/fire. The Government must have shot it down....

 

[apdsm]

GW's grandfather did it!