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Navy's First Rigid Airship Crashes 1921
Posted: Aug 24, 2011After World War I, the United States Navy decided to add rigid airships to its fleet and originally pursued acquiring German Zeppelins as part of the wartime reparations. However, all […]
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Navy's First Airship, 1915
Posted: Jun 01, 2011On 01 June 1915 the United States Navy signed a contract for its first lighter-than-air (LTA) ship with the Connecticut Aircraft Company in New Haven, Connecticut. This first naval airship […]
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First Operational Navy Airships 1918
Posted: Apr 27, 2011Four years after United States Navy aircraft first conducted combat flights, naval aviators in naval airships over France also saw combat protecting convoys. A naval air station was established in […]
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End of the Airship Era, 1959?
Posted: Nov 30, 2010On 30 November 1959, the Airship Training Group at Naval Air Station (NAS) Glynco, Georgia, was decommissioned, bringing an end to lighter-than-air training in the United States Navy. Click on […]