Happy birthday, Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the real moon, not in some giant soundstage somewhere in California.
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On this day in 1947 the last blimp at KNUQ was deflated after a naughty one dunked in the Cape of Mendocino.
The Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the real moon on this day in 1969. The landing was not faked inside a giant soundstage somewhere in California. My friends at NASA Ames helped. With the real landing on the real moon.
On this day in 1947, a small Navy blimp crashed off of Point Mendocino during a training cruise. 11 Men had to be rescued from a rubber lifeboat.
The LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin was christened by Ferdinand von Zeppelins daughter, Countess Helene von Brandenstein-Zeppelin, on July 8, 1928, on the 90th anniversary of his birth.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was born on July 8, 1838 in Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden.
I was officially completed on this day in 1933. Many of my workers then went up the road to work on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Happy Tau day to those who celebrate. Remove the middle of me (please do not) and put my north and south doors together, and you have got a beautiful circle.
On this day in 1785 Pilâtre de Rozier, the first human to fly in a balloon, became the first person to die in a balloon accident. He died on June 15, 1785, when his balloon, filled with a combination of hydrogen and hot air, exploded during an attempt to fly across the English Channel.
The noisy NACA (later called NASA) wind tunnel was dedicated on this sad day in 1944.
The USS Akron, sister ship to my beloved Macon, arrived flying mail from Lakehurst, New Jersey to my (as-yet unnamed) airfield on this day in 1932. I was not yet finished.
On this day in 1937, the beautiful Zeppelin Hindenburg burned in Lakewood, NJ. 35 of the 97 humans aboard perished. This is the one day a year that you are allowed to say that thing, but we wish that you would not.
True, but it should show more of the hard-working hangar.
BluFly 🛩@blufly.media · 3mo agoOutstanding photograph, thanks for sharing. 👊🏻
On this day in 1933, my beloved USS Macon took her first flight. She would soon be journeying to me.
She (the USS Macon, not Mrs. Moffett) was my inspiration. I'm envious that the Akron Airdock got to host this instead of me.
Straat Malakka@straatmalakka.bsky.social · 4mo agoGreat photo!
Her loss was the end of my world. I never felt complete again.
Straat Malakka@straatmalakka.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe lost of the Macon was a very sad event
On this day in 1942 Moffett Field was recommissioned as a Navy airfield (from temporarily being an Army training base) under Commander Mackey.
I did my first official...um...tweet on the not-yet-problematic other site on this day in 2011.
Moffett Naval Air Station was commissioned April 12, 1933, 8 days after Akron crashed, taking the life of Adm. Moffett.
On this day in 1933 the USS Akron, sister ship to my beloved Macon, was lost in a storm off NJ. Admiral William Adger Moffett was killed in in the crash.
Google's Planetary Ventures took over Moffett Field with a lease on this day in 2015. It is still not a joke. As part of this, they committed to restoring my skin, which was completed this year!
I liked having your little but might group! You saved me! (And how did you make me look like a dirigible?)
Smashz @smashz.bsky.social · 5mo agoHey @moffetthangar1.bsky.social I'm in you. You look great!
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Google unveils historic restoration of Hangar One in Mountain View
Once reduced to a skeletal frame, a massive landmark visible from U.S. Highway 101 has been restored to its original form minus the toxic chemicals that made it too dangerous to inhabit for decades.
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On this day in 1975, the wind blew down my (late) sibling Hangar 3's doors. This knocked a fiberglass tip from the Orion airplane, and crushed a Navy truck.
On this day in 1933 my beloved USS Macon was christened by Jeanette Whitton Moffett, the wife of Admiral William Moffett.
NACA was founded on this terrible day in 1915. They eventually built the bane of my peace, that annoying wind tunnel. Oh, yeah, they later rebranded themselves as NASA.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. -Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator (2 Mar 1904-1991)
On this day in 1935, my beloved noble USS Macon slowly sank into the sea off Pt. Sur. All but 2 of her crew survived. I never saw my beloved again. I am so empty.
Moffett Hangar 1@moffetthangar1.bsky.social · 6mo agoIn response to the damage (on this day in 1935), Commander Wiley ordered fuel to be dropped, causing the airship to rapidly rise. The Macon's automatic valves released Helium at her 5000 ft ceiling, and she settled into the stormy surf off Pt. Sur. She is still there.