Source: New York Times – nytimes.com
By Christina Caron
A hippopotamus soared over the ocean. A cartoon character burst into flames after drifting into a high-tension wire. And a 60-foot cat sent a plane and its two passengers plummeting.
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Source: DailyMail – dailymail.co.uk
By Sophie Inge
The world’s longest aircraft was seriously damaged on Saturday after it slipped its moorings and crashed into a field.
Author of “The Wreck of the Naval Airship USS Shenandoah” to participate Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio.
On Saturday, November 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Jerry Copas, author of ‘The Wreck of the Naval Airship USS Shenandoah’, will be attending the Buckeye Book Fair in Wooster, Ohio, at the Fisher Auditorium on Madison Ave. on the OSU campus (admission $2.00). Continue reading
Source: Daily Breeze – dailybreeze.com
By Brennon Dixson
A familiar sight returned to the the skies over Southern California on Thursday as Goodyear’s next-generation blimp – a longer, faster, quieter, easier-to-maneuver craft than the one retired in March – cruised into Long Beach after a 2,600-mile, three-week journey from Ohio.
Source: The National Archives – archives.gov
The dramatic, fiery fate of the German rigid airship LZ-129, the Hindenburg, in 1937 is the most famous event of the airship age.