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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned I was going through my old friend Ian's journals and photos.

While Ian died in1999, there are two people alive who still remember him (myself and a mutual friend in Florida).

Anyway, I've saved a handful of Ian's photos from his journals. These 3 were labeled DIRIGIBLE LOS ANGELES IN PANAMA, Feb 27, 1928.

I think Ian (edit: didn't) take them - he was in Panama then and all the other photos from that time are of Ian and his friends and military companions down there - but it likely he acquired these airship photos from a vendor.

I think they are really cool.

#ThrowbackThursday

A monochrome, head-on view of the giant air-ship Los Angeles, tethered to a mast just above the ground. In the field below, you can see dozens of tiny people standing, looking.
A monochrome, side-view of the US Navy dirigible Los Angleles. Still tethered to a mast, floating maybe15-20 feet off the ground. Less than a dozen people are nearby.
A monochrome side-view of the airship in flight, angling up, presumably leaving in not-so-much a hurry.
#throwbackthursday
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Wow, these are so cool, and just thinking about they used those in the navy feels kind of unreal.
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