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...quick dip of salute by a plane in flight, another the wing-wag of greeting, another the ring-laying ceremony for a new dirigible (TIME, Nov. 4, 1929). Picturesque is still another -the christening of a new balloon with liquid air. As in the case of the Graf Zeppelin and many smaller craft, it was planned that the Navy's great Akron should be named to the accompaniment of a flask smashed against the nose of her control car, a quick puff of white vapor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: I Christen Thee... | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

Last week it was announced that Mrs. Herbert Hoover will sponsor the Akron at the christening Aug. 8, at the Goodyear-Zeppelin dock at Akron, Ohio. But Mrs. Hoover, practiced though she is at swinging bottles against bows, will swing no bottle of liquid air. The stuff is dangerous to handle, would instantly freeze any bit of flesh upon which it might splash. Instead Mrs. Hoover will set free a flock of white pigeons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: I Christen Thee... | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

Navy, Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp. is liable for a penalty of $5 per Ib. for overweight up to 5,000 Ib., but last week it was questionable whether a penalty would be assessed since some of the excess may be chargeable to changes in Navy specifications. Said Rear Admiral William A. Moffett: "The Akron has been splendidly constructed, better than any dirigible within our knowledge. The slight excess in her weight ... is a direct conversion into increased safety and military factors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: I Christen Thee... | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

...Distance covered: 15,474 mi.; flying time, 4 days, 10 hr. Previous round-the-world record was the Graf Zeppelin's 21 days 7 hr. 34 min. Her distance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Pretold Story | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

...Graf Zeppelin flew from Friedrichshafen to Iceland and back as practice for its Arctic cruise late this month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Pretold Story | 7/13/1931 | See Source »

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