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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
7
The article contrasts the ZR-2 and the R-34 airships noting the ZR-2 logistically larger build, better crew comforts, and stronger armament while recounting the R-34’s Atlantic crossing and later destruction. It details differences in size, gas capacity, power, cruising range, and onboard systems as well as the dangers of Atlantic weather.
Detailed procedures describe daily lift and trim work on the ZR-2 airship at Lakehurst New Jersey. Ground crews monitor ballast, gas bags, engines, and hull integrity while charts guide lift distributions and flight readiness.
The purchase price of the ZR-27 was to be 2,000,000 dollars and would take effect after trials and acceptance by American authorities. The British air service avoided premature delivery to ensure structural conditions were satisfactory, a factor tied to the flight that ended disastrously.
Lakehurst New Jersey August 24 Officers awaiting the ill fated ZR-2 from overseas weighed causes for the craft collapse Captain Frank T Evans in command doubting softening in the framework as cause while noting a ruptured gas bag could undermine the structure The loss will be shared with the United States though final acceptance rested on the trial trip Parachute usage was routine but emergency deflation left little time to adjust safety gear for passengers and crew.
At Lakehurst Naval Air Station 450 officers and men gathered for a landing drill when news of the ZR-2 disaster arriving from Hull broke. The giant airship had been the facility’s entire focus, with the hangar the world's largest built to host it and personnel ready to land it upon arrival.
Clinton report notes Lieutenant Reginald Houghton of Lancaster returned from overseas in 1920 after supervising ZR-2 work and was ordered home to assist at Lakehurst New Jersey. He believed his life was saved by the orders, now stationed there with his wife and two children.
Westfield official historian Lieut. Clifford A. Tinker of this city was not among those killed this afternoon in England. Mrs. Tinker learned the correction by cable from England. Tinker was a local architect before entering the navy.
Commander Louis H. Maxfield a St Paul native was to command the ZR-2 on its trip. He entered the Naval Academy in 1903 and graduated in 1907 as an early naval aviation pioneer. He trained at Pensacola and served in Akron Ohio and Paimboeuf France before returning to Washington and Howden England as an airship commander.
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