Word: zeppelin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...White House to be congratulated by President Hoover went Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin just back from .its round-the-world flight (see p. 42). The President said: ". . . The spirit of high adventure still lives ..." and returned to his desk...
...Graf Zeppelin, Dr. Hugo Eckener commanding, completed her world flight at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station last week. The distance traveled: some 19,000 miles. Time: 21 days, 7 hours...
...Angeles takeoff was lubberly. The Graf Zeppelin scraped her tail on high tension wires close to Mines Field. Damage was slight and she proceeded slowly eastward over the Continental Divide, with a graceful swerve over Mexico. Bull-throated El Paso had opportunity to hail her. Over Texas, presumably, someone shot a bullet into her hull, causing no damage. Down into Kansas City peered the German passengers looking for cowboys...
...Detroit. The world's first all-metal dirigible, built stubbier than a Zeppelin, was successfully tried out for the first time. Built experimentally for the Navy by Aircraft Development Co. (subsidiary of Detroit Aircraft Corp.) after designs of Ralph Hazlett Upson, onetime Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. sausage balloon and blimp designer, the all-metal dirigible has a skin of aleled (duralumin core with surface coating of pure aluminum...
...discussion was a California-Hawaii line served by two dirigibles which Goodyear-Zeppelin might construct after delivering their two Navy ships...