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USS Akron and USS Macon:

An Engineering History of Fin Design

Jeffrey Cook

Mr. Cook has assembled the most complete technical information to date available on the design and ultimate failure of the stabilizing fins of the rigid airships ZRS-4 USS Akron and ZRS-5 USS Macon. An effort is made to reanalyze this information using basic principles of engineering to determine critical factors responsible for the loss of the USS Macon. 90 Pages loaded with charts, drawings and photos. Published by

Atlantis Productions &

Airship International Press

Postpaid in the US.

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