[Elecraft] Airships...

[J F]

Never say never ;o)

It may be difficult to obtain permission, but with
proper planning, and probably the right circumstances,
it could happen...

Of course, someone has to build the ship first, yes?

Cheers,

Julius
n2wn

--- rrennard at charter.net wrote:

> 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
> > 
> >
>
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> > 
> > 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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