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Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
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Powered lighter-than-air aircraft
An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat (lighter-than-air) aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power. Aerostats use buoyancy from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air to achieve the lift needed to stay…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)
United States Navy rigid airship destroyed in 1925
USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. It was constructed during 1922–1923 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and first flew in September 1923. It developed the U.S. Navy's experience with rigid airships and made the first crossing of North America…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)