USS Shenandoah

[waltesefalcon]

I ran across this article on facebook and found it of interest, I reckon many of you will, too.

The USS Shenandoah

On October 10th, 1923, hundreds gathered to mark a very special occasion for the United States and the US Navy: the official start of the Era of the Rigid Airship.

airandspace.si.edu

This is a link to a National geographic article written about the Shenandoah's transcontinental trip in 1924. The link can also be found in the above article.

National Geographic January 1925 : National Geographic Society : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The National Geographic MagazineJanuary 1925Volume 47, Number 1

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[NutmegCT]

Shenandoah, Graf Zeppelin, even the Hindenburg - state of the art aeronautics a century ago. Graf Zeppelin's round the world trip. Count von Zeppelin and Hugo Eckener were disgusted with fascism, and wanted their airships to be the latest thing in transport (civilian and military). Not swastika bearing PR for the post-Weimar Germany.

Such a tragedy when the Shenandoah came apart during a thunderstorm - 3 September 1925.

Thanks Walt - really interesting subject.

 

[YakkoWarner]

Shenandoah, Graf Zeppelin, even the Hindenburg - state of the art aeronautics a century ago. Graf Zeppelin's round the world trip. Count von Zeppelin and Hugo Eckener were disgusted with fascism, and wanted their airships to be the latest thing in transport (civilian and military). Not swastika bearing PR for the post-Weimar Germany.

Such a tragedy when the Shenandoah came apart during a thunderstorm - 3 September 1925.

Thanks Walt - really interesting subject.

The British were also working on airships in that time period - the R100 made a couple trips across to Canada successfully. The R101 ended up in flames on its inital trip and that pretty much ended the British interest in airships.