Word: zr
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...American ZR-1-to be christened appropriately Shenandoah or "Daughter of the Stars" by Mrs. Denby, wife of the Secretary of the Navy-made a pleasure trip to St. Louis to see the races, and returned to Lakehurst after an uneventful journey of 2,200 miles, at an average speed of some 60 miles an hour despite strong head winds...
...present plans are carried out, members of the University will be able to see the ZR-1 between 1 and 1.30 o'clock this afternoon, leaving Boston on its way to Springfield. The ship is scheduled to be at Boston at about noon and will spend about 30 minutes circling about above the Fair grounds. It will then head for Boston where it will swing west toward Springfield. People in Cambridge may be able to see the ship only to the south as its route does not lie directly over this locality...
...hour flight the beautiful silver dirigible ZR-1 flew over three states and gave Newark, New Brunswick, Camden, Philadelphia and New York an opportunity to see this marvel of American engineering skill. The Navy's tests so far have been entirely successful; all flights are made with the greatest caution and care. But there is no lack of ambitious work to come. Collection of data for the purposes of commercial airship navigation, flights to the North Pole, trips around the world, the surveying of hitherto inaccessible regions are in store for the airship skipper and his lucky crew...
Fully inflated, ready in every detail, the enormous ZR-1 was slowly released from its cradle by the escape of 8 tons of water from its ballast tanks. Three hundred marines and sailors guided the immense bag across the shed at Lakehurst, N. J., and anchored it at the entrance. Exhaustive engine tests will precede the trial flight on Sept. 1, a momentous date for American aviation...
...huge ZR-1 at Lakehurst, N. J., is fully inflated and will make her trial flight on Sept. '1, probably at night when the air is calm. The ZR-3, a dirigible being built for the Navy by the Zeppelin Company at Friedrichshafen, Germany, is making equally good progress and will fly across the Atlantic in November to be housed likewise at Lakehurst...