Pat Flannery wrote:


Dan wrote:

Interesting how that site doesn't mention one major problem with
ZMC-2: air sickness. The crews complained of getting sick in rough
air. apparently the metal envelope couldn't flex enough to smooth the
ride.

One thing I have never been able to find is diagrams or photographs
of the rivet machine designed for riveting the seams of the envelope.

I've never seen any of those either, although there's a good description
of the principle it worked on he
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...0-%200492.html
I went over to the patent office to see if there's a patent for it (I
assume there is), but no luck finding it yet.

Pat


That's quite an interior shot. It reminds me of an image I have of
the Macon being skinned with several men working on top of very tall
step ladders. It took some squinting to be able to see the men. That's
how big the airship was.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired