US Navy C-3 blimp refuelling. Naval officers and others watching as the US Navy's C-3 blimp approaches an airfield with an experimental refuelling facility. The flight was testing a design for collecting fuel while in flight without landing. This blimp,one of the C-class blimps that flew from 1918 to 1922,is a type of airship. These airships had a crew of four,a range of 2320 kilometres,and a cruising speed of 64 kilometres per hour. The C-3 blimp was destroyed in a fire in 1921. Photographed on 30 January 1919,at Naval Air Station Cape May,New Jersey,USA | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / US Navy |
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