Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Airship

 Here we have another helicopter, the Piasecki HUP, which saw military and civilian use.


I moved off, photographing back towards the fighters and the museum's far corner.


And then towards the early passenger planes.


I was heading to the section focusing on space. En route, I stopped at this display case with a model of an airship. At one point it was thought these would be what would replace trans-oceanic passenger ships. Airplanes developing greater range and being able to carry more passengers put an end to that.


It was a Canadian company that developed the landing gear for the lunar module for the Apollo 11 mission.


And Canadians designed and built the first Canadian satellite put into orbit- the Alouette.

18 comments:

  1. Upon seeing your title Airship I immediately thought of the Hindenburg.

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  2. Great exhibit and information on the panels. Take care, enjoy your day and the week ahead.

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  3. ...our grandson is stationed in Syria with the US Army and they have an airship/blimp that is used for reconnaissance over their base.

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  4. They seem to have covered everything to do with aviation, William.

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  5. More great info about aviation ~ Wow! ~ thanks,
    an artist reflects

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  6. The Piasecki HUP seems to have a nice, slim design to me.

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