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ZR-1 Shenandoah a Pioneering Lighter-Than-Air Ship
The Shenandoah ZR-1, first successful lighter-than-air craft, features a sixengine, 75 mph ship with 2 115 000 cubic feet of hydrogen and 680 foot length. Admirals Moffett and crew plan Arctic exploration and a two day New York London mail service with the ZR-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henandoah
Arctic
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
United States Navy Department
Shenandoah
Peary
Pole
Erick the Red
Frobisher
Davis
Baffin
Ross
Parry
Franklin
De @iaven
Kane
Hayes
Greely
de Long
Norden- Skjold
Nansen
Stefansson
Admiral Moffett
Wrangellis
United States
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Spitzbergen Islands
Alaska
North Pole
Knut Rasmussen
Behring Strait
Lakehurst
N. J
New York
Washington
Mount Vernon
Arlington
St. Louis
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Philadelphia
Richmond
J. C. Hunsacker
Ralph D. Weyerbacher
Naval Construction Corps
Frank N. McCrary
Naval Air Station
Edwin Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Lakehurst-St. Louis
Weyerbacker
Boonville
Ind
Great Lakes Naval Station
Norman O. Walker
Humber
Zeppelin Company
Friedrichshaven
Germany
Maybach Company
United States Naval
Navy Air Service
Capitol
Naval Aircraft Factory
Janssen
William Ramsey
Earth
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
London
Eddie Rickenbacker
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Wingfoot Lake Aviation Field
Goodyear
Chicago