US Navy in South Pacific, WWII - Lot-1822-21 (27601826890)
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Lot-1822-21: Marine Corps Base, Parris Island, South Carolina, May 1942. Putting the Indian sign on Axis dive bombers and strafing planes. This barrage balloon under control of a Marine unit in training at Parris Island is part of a plane trap that protects important ground installations. Planes cannot come close to any of a number of these balloons, swaying in a tactical formation, with steel cables trailing, without the danger of shearing off wings. Office of War Information. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/06/24).
Blimp a large aircraft without wings, consisting of a large bag filled with gas that is lighter than air and driven by engines. In the past passengers were carried in a structure hanging below. In 1852, Henri Giffard built the first powered airship, which consisted of a 143-ft (44-m) long, cigar-shaped, gas-filled bag with a propeller, powered by a 3-horsepower (2.2-kW) steam engine. Later, in 1900, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany invented the first rigid airship.
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