[Elecraft] Airships...

[rrennard at charter.net]

I can imagine 160 meter (or any other band) aeronautical mobile, but remember, it is the operating flight captain's decision as to whether you or I can deploy an antenna, or operate a radio from an aircraft or airship.  His decision will be strongly influenced by ICAO and FAA directives on this matter, and company policy.  Since I can't even turn on my cell phone until past international security when arriving in another country, I doubt that you will get approval to turn on an amateur band transmitter while looking downward from above.

N7WY, USAF retired

---- J F <phriendly1 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> The US Navy had a number of disaterous episodes with
> LTA vehicles (USS Macon & USS Akron) and they were
> using helium. Too bad the US and Germany were at odds,
> the combined engineering skills might have left us
> with a more elegant means of travel. 
> 
> All the accounts I've read of the Graf or Hindenburg
> have them as the prefered means to travel the Atlantic
> (if you could afford it).
> 
> It's amazing how the Hindenburg (perhaps the Nazi
> ties) has killed the airship travel industry for
> decades, even tho' the lose of life in HTA vehicles
> was, even at that time, much higher.
> 
> There is a move in Europe to reintroduce tourist
> flights on these elegant airships, hopefully it will
> catch on. I'd jump on the opportunity to fly in one.
> Of course, I'd love to fly a Saturn V as well ;o) One
> may be possible some day soon...
> 
> Can you imagine 160M Air Mobile? 
> 
> Cheers,
> Julius
> n2wn
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I suspect that airships, like Morse code, "shortwave"
> radio and a lot of other technology some folks assume
> are obsolete will be with us for a long, long time
> yet. Maybe we'll even get to work an aircraft mobile
> aboard a real dirigible again one day! Using CW of
> course...
> 
> Ron AC7AC
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