• In a black-and-white photo, a white airship casts a dark shadow on the ground. The surrounding landscape is mostly barren except for some buildings in the distance.
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    The Shenandoah—moored at San Diego’s Naval Air Station North Island in October 1924—was the first rigid airship to fly across North America.

  • In a black-and-white photo, a white airship casts a dark shadow on the ground. The surrounding landscape is mostly barren except for some buildings in the distance.

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1924

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