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RE: Privateers? Crashes? A Ghost Blimp? Airships Named “Ranger” Had a Difficult Year in 1942
Wow, this is quite some interesting history here, I really learnt something from this post.
It was quite a unique way for the two blimps named "Ranger" to go into the history books,
One year. Two blimps named “Ranger”. Two strange accidents. That’s one way to get into the history books.
But for the L-8, there's still the unsolved riddle of the missing crew, but if I may ask, is there any place where the names of this missing crew members were mentioned because I believe the crew didn't vanish or evaporate, unless you are thinking what I am thinking, because I am having the taughts that this L-8 blimp might have been unmanned hence the absence of the crew.
Lt. Charles Cody and Ensign Ernest Adams took off with the blimp and made it to their destination at sea, but never returned with the blimp.
Wow, thanks for this additional piece of information too, I've really learnt a lot of history from you today.
In my opinion maybe they jumped out when the blimp started climbing to very high altitudes, just maybe, and considering the technology available back then, it would be very difficult to find them.