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The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
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Powered lighter-than-air aircraft
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R33-class airship
Class of British rigid airships within the Royal Naval Air Service during WWI
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Norfolk
County of England
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Atlantic Ocean
Oceanic division
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