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Lighter Than Air: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 11/12/2007 - 10:08am.
May 1942. Marines training in barrage balloon technique at Parris Island, South Carolina. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.
Re: Why the fins
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 2:54pm.
They ensure that the balloon is always facing into the wind.
Why the fins?
Submitted by robcat2075 on Thu, 11/15/2007 - 1:34pm.
Why does a barrage balloon need tailfins? It appears that it will be moored to maintain a certain orientation, so tail fins would only act to make it move from that orientation whenever the wind was blowing in a different direction.
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