USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a helium-filled rigid airship of the U.S. Navy, the lead ship of her class, which operated between September 1931 and April 1933...
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USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a "flying aircraft carrier", carrying up...
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personnel USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) - German-built as LZ 126, served 1924-39 (decommissioned 1932, and dismantled 1940) Akron class USS Akron (ZRS-4) - aircraft...
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Zeppelin II, and the U.S. Navy airships USS Los Angeles (ZR-3, ex-LZ 126), USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). Duralumin was used to manufacture bicycle...
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Navy, USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). Goodyear built a number of blimps for the Navy during WWII and later for advertising purposes. Akron again...
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Zeppelin II, and the U.S. Navy airships USS Los Angeles (ZR-3, ex-LZ 126), USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5). 2000 series were once the most common...
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project in 1925 using rigid airships, the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), the USS Macon (ZRS-5) and the USS Akron (ZRS-4). "Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger | National...
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(2008-12-14). "U.S.S. Akron (ZRS-4) and U.S.S. Macon (ZRS-5)". Airships.net. Retrieved 2023-06-17. Smith, Richard K. (1965). The Airships Akron & Macon: Flying...
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great airships, the United States built two rigid airships, USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5), with onboard hangars able to house a number of Curtiss...
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airships. Additional hangars, which housed the USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5), exist in Akron, Ohio (the Goodyear Airdock, 1929) and Sunnyvale...
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America's great dirigibles: the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), USS Los Angeles (ZR-3), USS Macon (ZRS-5), and USS Akron (ZRS-4). Much of his collection is with...
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NY-2. May 11 – Tragedy strikes as the United States Navy dirigible USS Akron (ZRS-4) attempts to land in front of thousands of spectators at Camp Kearny...
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J-class blimp (section Specifications (J-3 and J-4))
and ZRS-4 and 5. The J-3 was lost on April 4, 1933, during a forced landing while searching for survivors of the Navy rigid airship USS Akron (ZRS-4) with...
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department authorizes construction of two large dirigibles, named USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5), to be the nucleus of the modern Air Force. The US Navy...
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of Germany's E-boats of World War II. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Macon (ZRS-5) Oheka II Data from National Air and Space Museum Type: V-12...
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partnership had dissolved during the start of World War II. The GZ-1 was the USS Akron (ZRS-4), the U.S. Navy's fourth rigid airship used for several tests including...
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condensers. A similar system was used on her sister ship, USS Akron (ZRS-4). The German-made USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) was also fitted with exhaust gas coolers...
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New Jersey at the site where the Navy dirigible USS Akron (ZRS-4) crashed shortly after midnight on 4 April 1933. [...] NR-1 made a single pass along...
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chief from 1921 until his death in 1933, in the crash of the airship USS Akron (ZRS-4). Working closely with RADM Moffett, CAPT Henry C. Mustin (1874–1923)...
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Part I: Beginnings and USS SHENANDOAH (ZR 1) Part II: The Last Two Lakehurst US Navy Dirigibles, USS AKRON (ZRS 4) and USS MACON (ZRS 5)" (PDF). New Jersey...
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ISBN 0-87474-364-8 "USN Aircraft--USS Akron (ZRS-4) -- Events". www.history.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2002-08-07. "USS Akron and USS Macon". Airships.net...
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for other airships including the Graf Zeppelin (LZ 127), USS Macon (ZRS-5), USS Akron (ZRS-4) as well as the German LZ 129 Hindenburg during its transatlantic...
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USS Patoka (AO–9/AV–6/AG–125) was a replenishment oiler made famous as a tender for the airships Shenandoah (ZR-1), Los Angeles (ZR-3) and Akron (ZRS-4)...
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lighter-than-air flight but the loss of the Navy airship he designed, the USS Akron, led to the withdrawal of federal support. His WW2 chairmanship of the...
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never commissioned. USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) ZR-2 – reserved but never commissioned USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Macon (ZRS-5) ZNN-G – redesignated...
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remain, as of 2016, the largest aircraft ever constructed, while the Hughes H-4 "Spruce Goose" of 1947 had the largest wingspan of any fixed-wing type. The...
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of Chicago, executed (born 1900) April 4 – William A. Moffett, admiral, in crash of airship USS Akron (ZRS-4)) (born 1869) April 5 – Earl Derr Biggers...
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and ruler of Nawanagar. (b. 1872) April 4 – William A. Moffett, U.S. admiral (crash of airship USS Akron (ZRS-4)) (b. 1869) April 7 – Archduke Charles...
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death toll of 73 in the April 1933 crash of the U.S. Navy dirigible USS Akron (ZRS-4). May 31 – Hickam Field is dedicated in the Territory of Hawaii. June...
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December 1974 (section December 4, 1974 (Wednesday))
Bohemian-born American airship engineer, designer of the airships USS Akron (ZRS-4) and USS Macon (ZRS-5) Sir Edward Maufe, RA, FRIBA, 92, English architect known...
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