rigidairship

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Prince of Wales in Germany sees a Zeppelin (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • M T said:
    beautiful
  • CHRISTINA said:
    I so would have loved to have lived during these times!
  • Borqje said:
    Just a hint of the zeppelin. It's refreshing to see the curiousity of the several viewers 'frozen' :)
  • //alexandre\\ said:
    Fantastic !
  • Noël Zia Lee said:
    This must be the future George V. If it was really shot in 1910, it must be early in the year, as his father died and he became king-emperor in May. It's possible that this was shot after George V ascended the throne, in which case the PoW would be the young man in the checkered cap, the future Edward VIII, who was but 16 in 1910.

ZR-2 (blimp) (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • jdshephe46 said:
    First, it's clearly not a blimp (a lighter than air craft whose gas bag derives its shape from gas pressure - not an internal frame), it's a rigid airship or dirigible. This one is correctly identified as the ZR-2, a US Navy craft. She had been built for Britain's Royal Navy as the R-38, but was purchased by the US while still under construction. She first flew on 23 June 1921 and fell apart and crashed on her fourth flight on 24 August 1921. Forty four men - both Americans and Britons - were killed in the crash. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship

ZR-2 (LOC)

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