MAKE A MEME View Large Image Los Angeles (ZR-3) NH 84569.jpg en Begins to drift back down from a near-vertical position after her out-of-control rise while moored at the high mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey shortly after 1 30 PM on 25 August 1927 This ...
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Keywords: USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) NH 84569.jpg en Begins to drift back down from a near-vertical position after her out-of-control rise while moored at the high mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst New Jersey shortly after 1 30 PM on 25 August 1927 This incident which resulted from the sudden arrival of a cold air front that lifted the airship's tail causing it to rise before she could swing around the mast parallel to the new wind direction Los Angeles suffered only minor damage but the affair demonstrated the risks involved with high mooring masts Courtesy of Richard K Smith author of the book The Airships Akron Macon 1974 de Kopfstand des Luftschiffes ZR-3 USS Los Angeles am Ankermast in Lakehurst am frühen Nachmittag des 25 August 1927 U S Naval Historical Center - Foto NH 84569 http //www history navy mil/photos/ac-usn22/z-types/zr3-k htm U S Naval Historical Center Photograph 1927-08-25 thumb left PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Los Angeles ZR-3 Uploads by User NatiSythen Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst Mooring mast
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