ThomasPowers Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 You use a zeppelin of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Either that or a dirigible. Cook stoves to heat the chocolate might be an issue. Dark or milk I wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Zeppelins are better for chocolates made with hydrogenated fats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 I wonder what kinda chocolate payload the good year blimp can carry? About 3 years ago the Goodyear blimp passed right over my shop on its way to the razor back stadium, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 Did they wave as they went by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 I dunno I couldn’t see the people with the sun beaming on it, I was standing at the edge of my shop talking with a customer when it passed overhead and I did a double take an just stared at it in disbelief until I had the realization to run an grab my phone to take a picture lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 We saw the Goodyear blimp really close up at the first running of the Ontario 500, you could see the TV cameras in the side doors. TV cameras were about the size of small steamer trunk in the day so you could see them from a distance. It was still really low, you could see patches in the skin and details. I have no idea what kind of load it can carry though, not much I don't think. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 I looked it up an they have a full website for the Goodyear blimp, apparently you can even get on a waitlist to ride it!!!! now there’s something else me an max gotta go get done! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 If I remember from the Blimp moored at Watson Island, Miami-Dade county Florida when we lived down there, it could carry 3,000 pounds (1,400 Kg) of cargo. Very seldom did they carry passengers when we were living there (mid '70s). I have a bunch of Kodak pictures of that blimp arriving and departing back then. I would scan one in particular, if I could find it, where the ship appears to be moored to a street light on the causeway. My dad had a friend who was a Captain of a U.S. Navy blimp doing coastal patrol during WWII. He would tell us about his adventures carrying 6 350 pound depth charges hunting German submarines off of New York City. He said they sunk at least a dozen of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 Interesting. I read that the waters off the coast of NC were called Torpedo Junction due to uboat activity and blimps were stationed in Elizabeth City too. There is even a surviving blimp hanger. The article I read said costal residents could feel their houses shake from the explosions offshore all hours of the day and night. I imagine some of those explosions were from uboats getting sent to the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Blimps patrolled the west coast too though Japanese subs were scarce they did take shots at ships in harbor. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 Can you imagine pedaling one of those subs all the way over here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 I don't think the Japanese used the mini-subs on the west coast much, they attempted to infiltrate into Pearl Harbor though. One at least was sunk just before the attack. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 You are likely right. An abysmal failure and a gold nugget of propoganda for us: "Apparantly an Only one made it into the harbor, and it was quickly sunk during the attack that morning. Another submarine washed ashore on the morning of December 8, and its surviving crew member, Kazuo Sakamaki, was captured along with his craft. The submarine was studied and then toured the U.S. to promote the sale of War Bonds." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 The Japanese Navy also used mini subs to attack Sydney Harbor in 1942 but not with very good results. IIRC all they sank was a ferry. And the German mini-subs and manned torpedos didn't have much better success. The Italians had good results at Alexandria and Gibralter with manned torpedos. The Royal Navy also had some successes with their mini-subs, e.g. serious damage to Tirpitz. GNM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I'd forgotten about the manned torpedos, talk about suicidal courage! The problem with mini-subs was endurance I don't think they could carry more than a couple hours of breathable air and the batteries weren't much if any better. Heck submariners were suicidally brave in the first place, let alone during war. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 Don't forget about shinyo suicide boats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 I didn't know anything more than Japan built suicide launches towards the end of WWII until I Googled it just now. Were any effectively used? I didn't search very far. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 I don't think they sank any battleships. I was researching those manned torpedos some time ago and IIRC one of the designer's of them went on an actual mission in one of his own contraptions and took notes on flaws in the design and how to improve them right up till the end. I can't find where I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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