702 Episode | Lighter Than Air
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English - January 10, 2014 17:11 - 12 minutes - 99.3 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture TV & Film our state north carolina travel tourism entertainment historic sites nature sport arts museums Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the flatlands just south of Elizabeth City looms a monolithic monument to a mostly forgotten chapter of World War II. We will visit the giant Weeksville hangar that harbored Lighter than Air control craft and learn how they helped turn the tide in the Atlantic.