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Goodrich blimp fate told in wartime air saga
Lt. Crompton piloted the Goodrich blimp through a string of early defeats and saves. After a hazardous landing at Rockaway Beach and a stormy 1918 flight to Greylock, the airship was damaged and eventually lost in 1919 after a final Washington scramble.
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Rockaway Beach
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Rockaway Beach Naval Air Station
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Greylock Village
Mt. Greylock
Massachusetts
Williamstown
North Adams
Atlantic
Goodyear
Great Lakes
Navy
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
New Jersey
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