Navy Fliers Test Free Balloons

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Synopsis: Dirigible pilot trainees in California learn balloon navigation....(read more)

Date: 1943
Duration: 00:01:24
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States, California

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Navy Fliers Test Free Balloons

Navy dirigible pilots get their first lesson in lighter than air craft from hydrogen filled balloons. Here they walk a big bag out for a test flight over California. Today, small patrol dirigibles are proving highly successful in spotting enemy submarines. The balloon crew makes a practice landing. Expert navigation steers the huge ball to just where they want it to come to earth. Free balloons have no military value but they do give student pilots training in air currents and maneuvering so necessary in flying a Navy dirigible. A ripcord opens the fabric of the balloon and the big bag collapses to be folded for a future flight. The shadow of a dirigible is already a menace to submarines.