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  2. USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) - Wikipedia

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    United States Navy board investigating the Shenandoah airship crash. The official inquiry brought to light the fact that the fatal flight had been made under protest by Commander Lansdowne (a native of Greenville, Ohio), who had warned the Navy Department of the violent weather conditions that were common to that area of Ohio in late summer ...

  3. List of airship accidents - Wikipedia

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    U.S. LTA 138 S airship Bigfoot, which bore the Pizza Hut logo, crashed on top of buildings in Manhattan. The cause included inadequate FAA standards according to the NTSB report. [25] [26] 0 2 23 May 1994 WDL-1B airship was attempting to land in Giessen, Germany, when it is lifted by a sudden wind gust. Ten of the ground crew attempt to hold it ...

  4. Zachary Lansdowne - Wikipedia

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    He earned the Navy Cross for his participation in the first transoceanic airship flight while assigned to the British R34 in 1919. He later commanded the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), which was the first rigid airship to complete a flight across North America. He was killed in the crash of the Shenandoah.

  5. A sonic boom, a baffling plane crash and a family destroyed ...

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    After drifting out of DC airspace and into northern Virginia, the plane finally crashed to earth in a remote mountain region between Staunton and Montebello in the Shenandoah Valley, about 150 ...

  6. World's longest airship goes bottoms up in crash - AOL

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    The Airlander 10 is trying to fill a void in the sky largely abandoned after the Hindenburg crash. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...

  7. Bodies of all victims have been recovered from river where ...

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    Crews working at the site of the deadliest aviation disaster in a generation have recovered all 67 victims of the collision between two aircraft over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, officials ...

  8. USS Shenandoah - Wikipedia

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    USS Shenandoah (1862), a screw sloop commissioned in 1863, active in the American Civil War and in use until 1886; USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), the first rigid airship built by the Navy, christened 1923; destroyed in a storm in 1925; USS Shenandoah (AD-26), a destroyer tender in service from 1945 to 1980

  9. Patient, 11, and others ID’d in Philadelphia jet crash as ...

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    Patient, 11, and others ID’d in Philadelphia jet crash as investigators find black box buried 8 feet in ground at impact site. Richard Pollina. February 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM.