Comments on: USS Los Angeles ZR-3 http://www.airships.net The Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, U.S. Navy Airships, and other Dirigibles Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:53:35 -0600 hourly 1 By: Kevin Olson http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-3265 Kevin Olson Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:21:17 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-3265 I once saw a short film of a small blimp seemingly attempting a mooring to what the announcer said was the mast atop the Empire State building. It didn't work. I've flown hot air balloons for several years and know what wind can do to a large aircraft. I can't imagine trying to moor a lighter than air craft in the conditions you'd find at the top of a New York skyscraper, but those were different times and I think they were willing to try anything. I once saw a short film of a small blimp seemingly attempting a mooring to what the announcer said was the mast atop the Empire State building. It didn’t work. I’ve flown hot air balloons for several years and know what wind can do to a large aircraft. I can’t imagine trying to moor a lighter than air craft in the conditions you’d find at the top of a New York skyscraper, but those were different times and I think they were willing to try anything.

]]> By: david helms http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2791 david helms Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:12:11 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2791 what can you tell me about the uss los angeles? are there any survivors left of the los angeles, macon, or akron? thanks for a reply. david what can you tell me about the uss los angeles? are there any survivors left of the los angeles, macon, or akron? thanks for a reply.

david

]]> By: Rob McFarland http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2447 Rob McFarland Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:30:51 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2447 An Austrian journalist described the arrival of the Los Angeles in New York City after its maiden voyage. You can read the original article in German (titled "ZR3") at the following website: http://sophie.byu.edu/journalists/index.php?p=text.php&textid=823 An Austrian journalist described the arrival of the Los Angeles in New York City after its maiden voyage. You can read the original article in German (titled “ZR3″) at the following website:
http://sophie.byu.edu/journalists/index.php?p=text.php&textid=823

]]> By: Thomas C Hecht http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2446 Thomas C Hecht Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:03:34 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2446 Fantastic site just found it.I have a pop bottle shaped like a zeppelin,it is from the Graf beverage company and the name on the bottle is Graf's Zep.I think it was made to commemorate the visit of the Graf Zeppelin to the Chicago World's Fair in 1933 but i don't have any more info on it.Love those dirigibles. Fantastic site just found it.I have a pop bottle shaped like a zeppelin,it is from the Graf beverage company and the name on the bottle is Graf’s Zep.I think it was made to commemorate the visit of the Graf Zeppelin to the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933 but i don’t have any more info on it.Love those dirigibles.

]]> By: Mikey NTH http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2422 Mikey NTH Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:09:42 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2422 The Ford Airport in Dearborn, Mich. had a dirigible mast and IIRC, the Los Angeles docked there once. And (again, IIRC) the Shendoah was headed there on its last voyage in order to do a fly-by of the Michigan State Fair. The Ford Airport today. (It is at the bottom of the webpage - the big building in the lower right is the Henry Ford Museum. At the upper right, left and up of the intersection is Stout Middle School. The Dearborn Inn would be at extreme right, about a third of the way up the picture, and it is still open - and a darned fine place it is.) http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/MI/Airfields_MI_Detroit_NW.html The Ford Airport in Dearborn, Mich. had a dirigible mast and IIRC, the Los Angeles docked there once. And (again, IIRC) the Shendoah was headed there on its last voyage in order to do a fly-by of the Michigan State Fair.

The Ford Airport today. (It is at the bottom of the webpage – the big building in the lower right is the Henry Ford Museum. At the upper right, left and up of the intersection is Stout Middle School. The Dearborn Inn would be at extreme right, about a third of the way up the picture, and it is still open – and a darned fine place it is.)

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/MI/Airfields_MI_Detroit_NW.html

]]> By: John Glascock http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2405 John Glascock Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:32:47 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2405 to George Brown et all, Can anyone help me find evidence of rigid airships flying over St. Louis MO. I believe I saw a zepplin type airship there in the late 1920s. Thanks for any help. John Glascock to George Brown et all,
Can anyone help me find evidence of rigid airships flying over St. Louis MO. I believe I saw a zepplin type airship there in the late 1920s.
Thanks for any help. John Glascock

]]> By: Mikey NTH http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2349 Mikey NTH Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:03:25 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2349 Imagine being crew on the Los Angeles at that time. Everything that is not secured is going forward and so are you. Imagine being crew on the Los Angeles at that time. Everything that is not secured is going forward and so are you.

]]> By: Mikey NTH http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2348 Mikey NTH Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:01:13 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2348 The tail-cart was a great improvement, along with the short mast. It made it easy to move a dirigible into line for the hangar, and keep it in line through the doors. The tail-cart was a great improvement, along with the short mast. It made it easy to move a dirigible into line for the hangar, and keep it in line through the doors.

]]> By: George Brown http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2314 George Brown Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:47:06 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2314 Thank you for your response. I have a book that covers the history of the Los Angeles including its log for its operating years. There is no mention of such a trip west but the navy is funny about unofficial uses of equipment and may simply have omitted reference to the trip since it was not an official naval exercise. It was exciting to see, it was low heading for what is now LAX, and seemed to fill the entire sky. Thank you for your response. I have a book that covers the history of the Los Angeles including its log for its operating years. There is no mention of such a trip west but the navy is funny about unofficial uses of equipment and may simply have omitted reference to the trip since it was not an official naval exercise.
It was exciting to see, it was low heading for what is now LAX, and seemed to fill the entire sky.

]]> By: Wendy Smith http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-los-angeles#comment-2246 Wendy Smith Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:56:02 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=180#comment-2246 I think your memory is probably correct. I have a pink hand-blown glass Christmas ornament that is shaped like a Zepplin and has Los Angeles printed in relief on one side and ZR3 on the other. It belonged to my aunt and was given to me as a memento when she passed away. My father had a blue or green one (it was always my favorite ornament on the tree) but it disappeared when I was in my teens. I have a vauge memory of my aunt saying that they got them as children as souveniers and even that they actually saw the Zepplin. My father was born in 1918 and his sister in 1920 and they grew up in Los Angeles so that would fit in with the timing that you remember. I've been wanting to research the names on the side of the ornament for about ten years now and finally got around to it. I didn't realize that Los Angeles was the name of the Zepplin, I just thought that it was there to commemorate that it flew over or landed here. I can only imagine what a wonderous sight that must have been for them at eight and ten years old and you at five or six. I think your memory is probably correct. I have a pink hand-blown glass Christmas ornament that is shaped like a Zepplin and has Los Angeles printed in relief on one side and ZR3 on the other. It belonged to my aunt and was given to me as a memento when she passed away. My father had a blue or green one (it was always my favorite ornament on the tree) but it disappeared when I was in my teens. I have a vauge memory of my aunt saying that they got them as children as souveniers and even that they actually saw the Zepplin. My father was born in 1918 and his sister in 1920 and they grew up in Los Angeles so that would fit in with the timing that you remember. I’ve been wanting to research the names on the side of the ornament for about ten years now and finally got around to it. I didn’t realize that Los Angeles was the name of the Zepplin, I just thought that it was there to commemorate that it flew over or landed here. I can only imagine what a wonderous sight that must have been for them at eight and ten years old and you at five or six.

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