L-class blimp

<h2 id="operators">Operators</h2>
 <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/United_States_Navy/xYK0fUou">United States Navy</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="surviving-aircraft">Surviving aircraft</h2>
<ul><li>L-5 – Control car on static display at the <a href="/facts/Udvar-Hazy_Center/SPGdDfmT">Udvar-Hazy Center</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Air_and_Space_Museum/CSDNqoSA">National Air and Space Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/Chantilly,_Virginia/rVuprXAJ">Chantilly, Virginia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/L-8/JN88tFTU">L-8</a> – Control car on static display at the <a href="/facts/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum/cCxuCGJf">National Naval Aviation Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/Pensacola,_Florida/DchhvCbf">Pensacola, Florida</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="specifications-l-4">Specifications (L-4)</h2>
<p><i>Data from</i> </p><p>General characteristics
</p><ul><li>Crew: 2</li>
<li>Length: 147 ft 6 in (44.97 m)</li>
<li>Diameter: 39 ft 10 in (12.14 m)</li>
<li>Height: 34 ft 0 in (16.46 m)</li>
<li>Volume: 123,000 cu ft (3,482 m3)</li>
<li>Useful lift: 2,540 lb (1,152 kg)</li>
<li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/facts/Warner_R-500/z9ssDzNx">Warner R-500</a>-2 radials , 145 hp (108 kW)  each</li></ul>
<p>Performance
</p>
<ul><li>Maximum speed: 61 mph (96 km/h, 53 kn)</li>
<li>Cruise speed: 46 mph (74 km/h, 40 kn)</li>
<li>Range: 2,205 mi (3,537 km, 1,916 nmi)</li>
<li>Endurance: 12 hours</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously:_pre-1970/RGgeDTmQ">List of people who disappeared</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/US_Navy_airships_during_World_War_II/QbFGjHc3">US Navy airships during World War II</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Goodyear_Blimp/k1IMs4H3">Goodyear Blimp</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Navy_Air_Stations_Blimps_bases/8LLUkpFN">Navy Air Stations Blimps bases</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="sources">Sources</h2>
<ul><li>Abbott, Patrick (November–December 1999). "L-8's Legacy: The Mary Celeste of the Skies". <i>Air Enthusiast</i> (84): 50–52. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</li>
<li>Althoff, William F. (1990). <i>Sky Ships</i>. New York: Orion Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-517-56904-3.</li>
<li>Engelmann, Larry (July 1978) <i>Close Encounter of Flight 101</i> <a href="/facts/American_Legion/bBkpohv1">American Legion</a> Magazine</li>
<li>Shock, James R. (2001). <i>U.S. Navy Airships 1915–1962</i>. Edgewater, Florida: Atlantis Productions. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-9639743-8-6.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>

Wikimedia Commons has media related to L-class blimps.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/L-8_crash_site.htm">An account of the L-8 mystery</a></li></ul>
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Related lists
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_airships_of_the_United_States_Navy/Rf77KyWx">List of airships of the United States Navy</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Navy L-8 Blimp Disappears off San Francisco Coast - 1942". www.sfmuseum.org. Retrieved August 23, 2019. <a href="http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist8/blimp.html" target="_blank">http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist8/blimp.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Gary Kamiya, "Ghost blimp's enduring mystery: How did crew vanish before Bay Area crash?", San Francisco Chronicle, September 29, 2018. <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-blimp-s-enduring-mystery-How-did-crew-13267309.php?t=0b980509cd" target="_blank">https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-blimp-s-enduring-mystery-How-did-crew-13267309.php?t=0b980509cd</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Gary Kamiya, "Ghost blimp's enduring mystery: How did crew vanish before Bay Area crash?", San Francisco Chronicle, September 29, 2018. <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-blimp-s-enduring-mystery-How-did-crew-13267309.php?t=0b980509cd" target="_blank">https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-blimp-s-enduring-mystery-How-did-crew-13267309.php?t=0b980509cd</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Crouch, Tom (February 5, 2012). "Blimp!". National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 23, 2021. <a href="http://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/blimp" target="_blank">http://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/blimp</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Paone, Thomas (April 10, 2020). "The World War II Veteran Hidden in Plain Sight". National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved April 23, 2021. <a href="http://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/world-war-ii-veteran-hidden-plain-sight" target="_blank">http://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/world-war-ii-veteran-hidden-plain-sight</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"L-8 Ghost Ship". National Naval Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved April 23, 2021. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180801204557/http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=l-8" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180801204557/http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=l-8</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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L-class blimp