Aviation (blimp test) "K" medium blimp, Navy's lighter than air base in Santa Ana, 1952

8 images. Aviation (blimp test) "K" medium blimp, Navy's lighter than air base in Santa Ana, 14 November 1952. Andrew Banks; Malcom Carter; Claude Eddelhauser; Commander H.B. Hosmer.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 1952-11-14. Reporter: T.T. Assignment: Blimp test (for Monday). Pix shows partially inflated series K blimp with gondola cab in foreground. L. to R. --A/D2 Andrew Banks; A/A Malcom Carter; Claude Eddelhauser, civilian employee of Navy; & B.M.C. Anders Jarne work inside blimp. Commander H.B. Hosmer stands at wooden crate in which the series K. 527,000 cu. ft. blimp was shipped -- crate measures 15' x 7' x 7'. Navy mechanics work on engines of gondola for new blimp".