Talk:B-class blimp

Photos
I would like to know where and what photos I might use without worries concerning copyrights?Mark Lincoln 13:29, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmm. Navsource doesn't seem to have any photos of blimps.
 * The NHS has some paintings, but other than some "K ships", I couldn't find any labels.
 * Searching Google Images, I found some photos of "Navy blimp L-8"
 * This .gov page has pictures of G, K, and L type blimps.
 * —wwoods 22:34, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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Change in Engine From OX-5 to OXX
Shock, James R., U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962, 2001, Atlantis Productions, Edgewater Florida, ISBN 978-0963974389, page 15, describes the engine of the B-type Airship as either a Curtiss OX-5 or Hall Scott. Mr. Shock gives the horse power of the B Class engine as 100 hp. Several credible sources such as http://www.enginehistory.org/Curtiss%20OX5 http://www.aviation-history.com/engines/ox5.htm http://stcroix.50webs.com/pages/artricle_ox5.html and .pdf and http://ox5.org/ox5-engine/ all give 90 hp as as the horse power of the OX-5. I cannot recall ever seeing anything than 90 hp given for the OX-5. The Naval History and Heritage Command http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history.html has pdf files showing the original Aircraft History Cards for the B Class Airships at http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/aircraft-history-cards/aircraft-history-card-listing-a-52-through-a-999/bureau-numbers-a-201-to-a-299.html The B Class Bureau Numbers were A-235 through A-250. With the exception of A-249 (B-15) and A-250 (B-16) which were built by the Connecticut Air Corp. the engine listed is the Curtiss OXX (A-249 & A-250 were delivered with Hall Scott engines). The horse power of both the OXX and Hall Scott is given as 100 hp. The OX-5, one of the OX series is listed as a 90 h.p. The Curtiss OXX was one of the Navy's most common engines being used on the standard trainer, the N-9, and the Curtiss F flying boat. Given that the Aircraft Record Cards are a primary source I have chosen to treat them as being more likely correct than Mr. Shock's history. Mr. Shock does not even agree with himself as he specifies the B Class engine as a "Curtiss OX-f 100 horsepower on the Goodyear/Goodrich Airships".

I have chosen to change the engine listed for the B Class from OX-5 to OXX.

Mark Lincoln Mark Lincoln (talk) 23:43, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

New Section
The arrival of the B-Class was more than the introduction of a new aircraft. It was the advent of an entirely new weapons system. The Navy had to invent the command institutions, operating bases, training system and operational doctrine for it's airships. This I feel justifies a new section dealing with those factors.

Mark Lincoln Mark Lincoln (talk) 20:51, 11 July 2015 (UTC)