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Today in Aviation History: Loss of USS Macon

Vintage Aviation News

Unlike their German cousins, both the USS Akron and the USS Macon were designed to have a 75-by-60-by-16-foot hangar amidships. In service, the USS Macon would carry up to five Sparrowhawks in its internal hangar. Meanwhile, the equally massive structure of the USS Macon took shape in Goodyear’s massive hangar in Akron.

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Triple Threat of Limitations

Plane and Pilot

I have one airplane in my hangar that can only carry 500 pounds of payload with the fuel tanks topped off—that’s it, if I’m going to respect the max-takeoff-weight limit, and I will. Your superior skills aren’t the limitation; the airplane’s capability is. Be ready to work with what you have left, and that means respecting new limitations.