The struggle for lighter-
than-air dominance
.
Image: “Let’s build a dirigible
fleet in the name of Lenin!”
Soviet agitprop poster (1928)
.
From an advertisement to appear on the text of a candy-wrapper:
The dirigible
.
The bourgeoisie come together
In order to separate us
But the Soviet dirigible
Flies along the border
Vladimir Maiakovskii
Moscow, 1923-1925
zeppelin zeppelin
“Comrade dirigible” [Товаришь дирижабль]
Let’s build an airfleet in the name of Lenin
Over the land of the Soviets must fly Soviet dirigibles
Aleksandr Rodchenko’s terrifying vision of the War of the Future (1930)
Дирижабль
.
Довести до дележа б
нас — буржуи кучатся.
Да советский дирижабль
на границе пучится.
Владимир Маяковский
Москва, 1923-1925
Soviet airships
Дирижабль “СССР- В2” 22. 1936 г
Дирижабль “СССР- В3” (1936 г)
Дирижабль “СССР-В4” (1936 г)
Дирижабль “СССР-В5” (1936 г)
Дирижабль “СССР-В6” (1936 г)
Дирижабль “СССР-В6” (1936 г)
Дирижабль “СССР-В6” (1936 г)
Дирижабль “СССР-В6” (1936 г)
Дирижабль “СССР-В2” (1931 г)
8Дирижабль “СССР-В2” (1937 г)
Interesting. What information do you have on the technical aspects of these craft? In what ways were they superior/inferior to Hindenburg-type airships?
Some may think this Soviet infatuation with dirigibles to be amusing; check out this modern design being prepared for use by the US military today as an advanced military transport vehicle capable of landing whole divisions in war zones on short notice: http://www.aeroscraft.com/#/military/4565225603
These vehicles are extremely useful in construction as well: http://www.aeroscraft.com/#/energy-division/4565064787
http://www.aeroscraft.com/#/products/4565657678
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