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Ok, makes sense, some of those barns were quite large and known to have advertising painted on them.Sorry for my absence, I spent most of last week in the hospital. This is the original picture. It was taken at Rosecrans Airport, St Joseph, MO. NO AIRSHIP barn in background, a simple hay barn of the type seen all over these parts. The woman who posted this on a St Joe Facebook page states that it was taken in front of her grandparents barn.
Yes, the structure out front-top was for the pulley to wench bails up to the second and third floors. I was one of the biggest guys, so I usually manned the rope.Ok, makes sense, some of those barns were quite large and known to have advertising painted on them.
I agree, If they stretched the lower wing to equal top it would account for the third bay. Enclosing the passenger cockpit would be a natural upgrade as well. I have found newspaper articles stating that a local air service flew several Lincoln Standard 'Coach' models, I can find no reference to this model. I'll post them soon, still going through a few more. articles.Keeping the look at the pic I'm getting the impression that's someting like a modified/developed Lincoln Standard L.S.5. Please note the characteristic single exhaust pipe. Also the shape of the rudder would fit.
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I agree, If they stretched the lower wing to equal top it would account for the third bay. Enclosing the passenger cockpit would be a natural upgrade as well. I have found newspaper articles stating that a local air service flew several Lincoln Standard 'Coach' models, I can find no reference to this model. I'll post them soon, still going through a few more. articles.
Sorry for my absence, I spent most of last week in the hospital. This is the original picture. It was taken at Rosecrans Airport, St Joseph, MO. NO AIRSHIP barn in background, a simple hay barn of the type seen all over these parts. The woman who posted this on a St Joe Facebook page states that it was taken in front of her grandparents barn.
The Closest Airship hanger to the one in the background of the picture I could find it this one The Caption reads "Military airship hangar "at a Mediterranean base" (possibly Lemnos, in the Aegean Sea). Credit: Scientific American, June 10, 1916"
So I am Leaning on a European Location for the picture. And I am also leaning to more of a Balloon Hangar than an airship Hangar by its shape, size, and its state of seeming disrepair in the 1918-22 time frame I think we are looking at for the photo.
Very interesting thread.
Source Fragile Sentinels, 1916
The location of the photo I need ID on is St Joseph, MO. To the best of my knowledge there has never been an airship here and certainly not an airship hangar. I have been researching Aviation in these parts for about 45 years. That is a HAY BARN in the background and they are very common in these parts.Interesting image and article link below, it is an airship (or a blimp), not a balloon, though, cammerjeff - it's full of hydrogen and maintains its shape through ballonets located within the envelope that regulate the pressure of the lifting gas within. It's a British Submarine Scout type of non-rigid airship with a BE.2 car, one of a handful sent to the British bases in Greece during the Dardanelles Campaign in 1915 but remained in theatre into 1916 and beyond. These were sent for anti-submarine patrols and artillery spotting duties.
Lincoln Standard Coach models.
The location of the photo I need ID on is St Joseph, MO. To the best of my knowledge there has never been an airship here and certainly not an airship hangar. I have been researching Aviation in these parts for about 45 years. That is a HAY BARN in the background and they are very common in these parts.
Um, I was talking about the picture with the AIRSHIP in it, y'know, the one that I describe in my post you responded.