Friggin' Airships

This airship built in 1933, the U.S.S. Macon, was a sort of flying aircraft carrier, designed to carry five F9C Sparrowhawk biplanes. The planes were stored in bays inside the hull and were launched and retrieved using a trapeze. Imagine how our air history might have changed had the Hindenburg not exploded--this was a Helium airship.