tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post474072980779210706..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: The Mystery of the Vanishing PilotsUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-6359323627730556832016-05-07T16:58:29.498-07:002016-05-07T16:58:29.498-07:00The L-8 cabin can be seen at the National Naval Av...The L-8 cabin can be seen at the National Naval Aviation Museum located at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194440227595851120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-79396569863521019202015-10-04T03:56:03.570-07:002015-10-04T03:56:03.570-07:00It seems that whatever happened to Cody and Adams ...It seems that whatever happened to Cody and Adams occurred in the 15 minutes between 10.30 and and 10.45 am, assuming that the gondola door was closed when the blimp was sighted at 10.30 am.<br /><br />It is interesting to not that while the radio worked, the control tower were unable to contact Cody and Adams.Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-21607233886231639162013-08-05T09:55:26.231-07:002013-08-05T09:55:26.231-07:00Thanks for the additional info. I knew the blimp ...Thanks for the additional info. I knew the blimp had been used until 1982, but I had no idea it was still in existence.<br /><br />A pity we'll never know the stories it could tell...Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-63685737095392990192013-08-05T09:18:43.498-07:002013-08-05T09:18:43.498-07:00Fascinating! A great article.
More information fr...Fascinating! A great article.<br /><br />More information from Mark J. Price, 2002:<br /><br />Did a Japanese submarine capture the men? There was no such evidence.<br /><br />Did the men get into a fight and accidentally fall out?<br />Unlikely.<br /><br />Did one man lose his balance, hang from the gondola and then drag his would-be rescuer with him? No one knew.<br /><br />Cody's Akron relatives couldn't understand how such a tragedy had occurred.<br /><br />"My son-in-law was a level-headed and unexcitable sort of person," Juanita Haddock told a reporter in 1942. "He would have used his head in any emergency, I believe."<br /><br />The L-8 quickly acquired the nickname of "the ghost ship." Tales of the mysterious disappearance were embellished to include<br />improbable details about half-eaten sandwiches and still-warm cups of coffee found in the cabin.<br /><br />The theories would later grow to include UFO abductions and Bermuda Triangle-like disturbances.<br /><br />"There are plenty of stories - wild and otherwise - without having to resort to aliens," said Eric Brothers, a local authority on airships who works at the University of Akron<br />Archives. "A conjectured Japanese submarine, a love triangle and other speculative theories have emerged."<br /><br />But nothing definitive.<br /><br />One year after the incident, Cody and Adams were officially declared dead.<br /><br />The L-8 would fly again, though.<br /><br />It was repaired shortly after the crash and continued to serve the Navy as a training vessel. When the war ended, it was returned to Goodyear.<br /><br />The gondola was stored at Wingfoot Lake for decades until it was finally rebuilt in 1968 for the Goodyear blimp America. The cabin where Cody and Adams met their fate would be used to televise sporting events.<br /><br />Despite the new configuration, it couldn't quite shake the old nickname. The "ghost blimp" flew over Texas from 1969 until 1982, when the Houston-based America was retired.<br /><br />Today, the former L-8 cabin is back in storage at Wingfoot Lake, waiting for another opportunity to soar into the sky.<br /><br />Perhaps someday the ghost blimp will fly again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com