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- Medallion Commemorating Dr. Hugo Eckener and the Trans-Atlantic Flight of the LZ 126 Airship (USS Los Angeles), 1924 - This medallion commemorated Dr. Hugo Eckener's successful delivery of the airship LZ126 (later the USS <em>Los Angeles</em>) to the United States Navy in 1924. The airship was part of Germany's reparations following World War I. Eckener, depicted on the front, headed up the Zeppelin Company--the airship's manufacturer. He later commanded another airship, <em>Graf Zeppelin</em>, on its famous around-the-world flight.
- 1924
- Collections - Artifact
Medallion Commemorating Dr. Hugo Eckener and the Trans-Atlantic Flight of the LZ 126 Airship (USS Los Angeles), 1924
This medallion commemorated Dr. Hugo Eckener's successful delivery of the airship LZ126 (later the USS Los Angeles) to the United States Navy in 1924. The airship was part of Germany's reparations following World War I. Eckener, depicted on the front, headed up the Zeppelin Company--the airship's manufacturer. He later commanded another airship, Graf Zeppelin, on its famous around-the-world flight.
- 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.
- 1926
- Collections - Artifact
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.