Word: airship
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Commander Zachary Lansdowne, 39, of the Shenandoah and 13 other officers and enlisted men. members of the airship's crew; in southern Ohio, killed in performance of duty. (See Page...
...Director Duerr of the Zeppelin Co., said in Berlin: "No German airship ever broke in two in the air, but this has happened twice with English airships...
...airship, the Navy decided to educate the U S. public, beginning at the top. It took aboard the Los Angeles 33 leading citizens of the Philadelphia district and flew them around for seven hours. A first-class luncheon was provided...
Ballooning is the most fascinating and skilful of sports. Yet it is more than a sport. It requires the most careful study of meteorology and gas buoyancy. From the balloonists are drawn the most skilful airship pilots and operators...
Naval enthusiasts were loud in their praise of the Navy's floating mooring mast, which pessimists had claimed would be rendered useless by the rolling of the vessel; but for more than 12 hours the airship remained securely anchored in a northwest wind blowing 30 miles an hour. On her return voyage, heavy head-on winds were bucked and consequently it took 20 hours to make the trip. The next voyage will be to Porto Rico...