Today in Aviation History: Loss of USS Macon
Vintage Aviation News
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
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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