rockaway

22 photos and 1 illustration tagged rockaway, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1903

2014

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TVL1970 said:
This and the photo below, among this latest group of LOC Bain photos to be posted, is a photo of a US Navy C-Class blimp. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/36025809866/ See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-class_blimp For comparison purposes, see also this newsreel footage of C-Class blimps posted on YouTube by CriticalPast: YouTube - Critical Past: "U.S. Navy C-class airships at Fort Tilden, New York HD Stock Footage"
Art Siegel said:
Captioned as "U.S. Navy Dirigible C-1 ready to start on a 1, 500 mile flight from Rockaway Beach, Long Island to Key West Florida." www.pinterest.com/pin/518336238333727973 upper left image
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks TVL1970 and Art Siegel. We'll add this information to this record and the others related to this flight.

Stig Jarlevik said:
As far as I know the incident which damaged NC-1 (A-2291) was in March 1919 (a brisk gale was the culprit...) Stig

swanq said:
The Pensacola journal., March 16, 1919, SECOND SECTION, Page 17, top left chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062268/1919-03-16/ed-... reported that a flight arranged by Lieut. W. L. Richardson, a naval photographer, had established a record in flying the 300 miles from Hampton Roads (across the James River from Norfolk, Virginia) to "the Rockaway station" in 270 minutes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Rockaway
TVL1970 said:
See also: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/35933304221/
Jon (LOC P&P) said:
Thanks swanq and TVL1970. We'll add this information and the type of plane to this photos catalog record and the one taken at the same time.