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Stanford engineers shed light on the crash of the USS Macon, last of the 'flying aircraft carriers'

The 1935 crash of the Navy zeppelin USS Macon off the California coast marked an inglorious end to a unique experiment in aviation. The giant airship was one of only two ''flying aircraft carriers'' ever built, and both went down in the ocean without ever seeing combat. In September 2006, 71 years after the Macon plunged into the Pacific, a team of marine researchers, including Stanford engineers, conducted the first detailed survey of the airship's final resting place.

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