CLASSIC: That Time the US Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier
Ridiculous History
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4.3 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Nowadays airships are seen as historical relics or novelties meant to fly overhead during sports games. However, not so long ago, the US military thought airships might be the future of warfare. Today the guys delve into the strange history of the USS Akron, an airship designed not just to carry human beings -- but to carry planes as well. Learn more about the construction of the Akron -- and why it's not aloft today -- in today's Classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous historians, thank you as always so much for tuning in. |
| 0:03.4 | We're back with a classic episode for you to Step 2. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm Bed Bullen joined as always with our super producer, Mr Williams Max how you doing I am doing well are we talking about |
| 0:16.9 | marvel today like Marvel Comics we're not quite quinjet there yet but I love that you mentioned this because, you know, this classic |
| 0:26.2 | episode hearkens back to retro sci-fi, hearkens back again a little bit to previous careers in car stuff. |
| 0:34.0 | Nowadays, Zeppelin's, Blimps, airships, call them what you want. |
| 0:39.0 | They're seen as historical relics or novelties that fly, you know, like the Goodyear Blimp at your favorite sports game, but it turns out that not too long ago the Boffins in the US military thought airships might be the future of warfare. |
| 0:57.0 | Have you, are you familiar with this? Have you heard of this? |
| 0:59.4 | I have not, but just knowing the history of warfare, for every like one good idea they had they had like |
| 1:05.5 | 500 bad ones it was a really low hit rate yeah real high rate of attrition real strange |
| 1:12.3 | writers room this classic episode real strange writer's room. |
| 1:13.6 | This classic episode is about something that was ambitious, |
| 1:18.6 | at the very least. |
| 1:19.6 | It's called the USS Akron. |
| 1:22.3 | I'm wearing the Ohio shirt right now. Oh.S.S.S.S.S. |
| 1:23.0 | I'm wearing the Ohio shirt right now. |
| 1:24.0 | Oh yeah, you are. |
| 1:25.0 | What's it say? |
| 1:26.0 | It's tips for driving through driving in Ohio and it's all the |
| 1:30.0 | scoring plays that Michigan did Ohio State that year. |
| 1:33.0 | It's a high drive through Ohio's defense. |
| 1:35.0 | Can we put this part in? |
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