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- Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:27 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Zeppelins using helium instead of hydrogen
- Replies: 6
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I don´t know Robert. Airships are quiet unwieldy to drive. In the US it was not the hydrogen that ultimately doomed the US Navy program (they were filled with helium), but the loose of the Shenandoah, Akron and Makon, all due to bad weather. In paper an airship of the day could lift heavier loads, h...
- Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:13 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tsunami tragedy in Asia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4958
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:33 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tsunami tragedy in Asia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4958
The Krakatoa history is quiet amazing, I came to it a few years ago reading the book by Simon Winchester. The vulcan was located in an unoccupied island, between Sumatra and Java. Some days before the explosion it started vomiting smoke, so thick it became at last that the vulcan was unseen from the...
- Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:19 am
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: Zeppelins using helium instead of hydrogen
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2509
The only country to produce helium in significant quantities until 1945 was USA. And of course, Germany was not willing to ask for it. Besides, the need to use hydrogen made the lifting force stronger. On the other side I don´t think it would make it a better weapon: a hole is a hole, and despite th...
- Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:48 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Need copyright advice for Bethlehem Steel Shipyard booklet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2321
- Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:01 pm
- Forum: Naval History Post-1945
- Topic: May 25 1982
- Replies: 27
- Views: 27052
It seems like another instance of Latin macho face-saving which some Argentines have specialised in since 1982, a bit like that utter guff about the Invincible being blown up/damaged/sunk/whatever and a replacement built in secret Excuse me, this was for me? I have never supported the theories of t...
- Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:43 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Today 68 years ago
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4054
- Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:59 am
- Forum: Books and Reference
- Topic: Latest news on books
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2404
Latest news on books
I started this thread to keep undisturbed the Yamato vs. Iowa discussion. Thanks to Bgile and Tiornu I noticed that a new book on naval gunnery is on the move: Norman Friedman´s Naval Firepower: Battleship Guns and Gunnery in the Dreadnaught Era (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591145554/105-03798...
- Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:06 pm
- Forum: Hypothetical Naval Scenarios
- Topic: RFC equipped Yamato vs. Iowa
- Replies: 462
- Views: 66446
- Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:07 pm
- Forum: The Dreadnought Era (1906-1921)
- Topic: Naval race to WWI
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9309
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 11:24 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Today 68 years ago
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4054
Today 68 years ago
September 1st, 1939. The German troops invaded Poland, starting World War Two, the most bloody war ever. So bloody in fact that the previous "Great War" had to be renamed just as "World War One". When I was a kid and started reading about WWII, I used to ask myself "why Worl...
- Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:53 pm
- Forum: World War II
- Topic: Colonel Stauffenberg and Tom Cruise´s movie
- Replies: 56
- Views: 18591
We had a case here in Argentina in 1993 I think. A draftee was beaten to death by two draftees under the orders of a young lieutenant, then the body was abandoned in the wild and the dead was declared desertor. A search was initiated until the body was found, and the three men were taken to court an...
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:10 pm
- Forum: Military History and Technology
- Topic: Military Historical Dates
- Replies: 551
- Views: 125212
- Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:21 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Best war movie ever?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 72289
For all that I have read the stern did fail above water. The structure could not just withstand the stress of having that part of the ship hanging. What is in discussion was if the skin of the ship ripped apart as seen in the movie or if the lower parts buckled. The problem is that the lights of the...
- Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:24 pm
- Forum: Movies, Films, Documentaries and Games
- Topic: Best war movie ever?
- Replies: 132
- Views: 72289