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Two copies of same photo, showing a large blimp tethered at an airbase. The K-class was used from 1938 to 1959.
Printed at bottom in margin “K” TYPE AIRSHIP and 'Goodyear Aircraft Corporation’.
Serial number on back “B 54021039’
Photos have creases. #1 has crease affecting LL and LR corners, and a crease UL that caused cracking in the photo. #2 has creases UL and LL that cause cracking in the photo, amd crease LR corner.
Two mounting holes punched in lower border.
8” x 10”
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
The K-class blimp was a class of blimps (non-rigid airship) built by the Goodyear Aircraft Company of Akron, Ohio for the United States Navy. These blimps were powered by two Pratt & Whitney Wasp nine-cylinder radial air-cooled engines, each mounted on twin-strut outriggers, one per side of the control car that hung under the envelope. Before and during World War II, 134 K-class blimps were built, configured for patrol and anti-submarine warfare operations and were extensively used in the Navy’s anti-submarine efforts in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean areas.
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