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- Crew of the United States Navy Airship "Los Angeles" at Lunch at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1926 - In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. Navy experimented with rigid airships both as reconnaissance craft and as flying aircraft carriers. The airship <em>Los Angeles</em> visited Ford Airport on a training flight in October 1926. When the helium-lifted airships proved too fragile for military service, the Navy abandoned the program. <em>Los Angeles</em> was decommissioned and dismantled in 1939.
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Crew of the United States Navy Airship "Los Angeles" at Lunch at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, 1926
In the 1920s and 1930s, the U.S. Navy experimented with rigid airships both as reconnaissance craft and as flying aircraft carriers. The airship Los Angeles visited Ford Airport on a training flight in October 1926. When the helium-lifted airships proved too fragile for military service, the Navy abandoned the program. Los Angeles was decommissioned and dismantled in 1939.