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Balloons - Hangars and Beds - British Airship Station. These stations were all along the coast, and during the war, scout planes like the one shown landing, patrolled the coasts for submarines, and guarded transports
Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - How an observation balloon changes crews. By means of a breeches buoy arrangement the British observation balloon can change crews in mid-air. This British official photograph shows the observer being relieved from duty
Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - French dirigible on hunt for U-boats. French dirigible flying over water in search of German submarines; photographed from the deck of an American transport on its way to France. This is probably the first photo to reach this side picturing such an incident
Balloons - Hangars and Beds - British Observation Balloon about to make an ascension in Mesopotamia. A balloon company releasing a balloon from its moorings. With the exception of the officers, the entire crew is made up of Indian troops
Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - British Airship setting out on patrol. English airship used in guarding the coast against subs, leaving her mooring to start on a flight
Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Dirigibles. Stabling a Dirigible on a windy day is no easy task. When the French had the station one was destroyed by being blown against the steel framework of the great canvas hangar. The hangar is seven hundred feet long and ninety feet high. It will accomodate two large ships or three small ones. A second hangar is in couse of construction. When complete, this unit of the American Naval Aviation Service will fly four dirigibles and keep up constant patrols
Balloons - Hangars and Beds - British Airship Station. Large English dirigible rigid in the air being hauled down after a flight. These airships cannot make their own landing but are hauled down to earth by cables dropped from the ship when she gets near the ground
Balloons - Hangars and Beds - American Dirigibles now becoming part of American fighting forces in France. Shows type of dirigibles being used by aviation department for hunting out U-boats
Balloons - Miscellaneous - Dirigible flown by American Naval Aviators starting out on patrol. It can remain out thirty hours and cruise seven hundred miles
Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations - Airships that may be used for passenger service. British Royal Air Force Official photograph. Dirigible built in 1917 with duralumin girders, is 540 feet long and has been sleeping quarters for the crew
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Date Taken: 2/8/1919
Photographer: Western Newspaper Union
Balloons - In the Theatre of Operations
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