Sorry Steve, but this explanation is claimed as erroneous.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Blimp
Cheers,
Mark
(Typing faster than Randall)
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of TR6UO@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 2:47 PM
To: dconnitt@fuse.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: FW: Oregon coast
Dave,
A few years ago we traveled a similar route on vacation. Our trip included a
stop in Tillamook, OR (yeah, like the cheese). We decided to tour the cheese
factory. That was fun, but not a stone's throw from it I spotted the
Tillamook Air Museum. It was constructed at the beginning of WWII as a
dirigible or
"Blimp" hangar. To make a short post of this, something I stumbled on by
accident turned out to be the highlight of a very wonderful trip.
BTW, a little piece of trivia I picked up while there: The US used two types
of dirigibles in WWII. The A-rigid and the B-limp or, as we know it "Blimp"
Tillamook is on Hwy 1 due west from Portland.
Have fun!
Steve
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