Box 18
Container
Contains 13 Results:
US Army “D” Type Airships, 1920-1923, 1979
File — Box: 18, Folder: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The James R. Shock Airship Collection documents the progression of airships from the early experimental prototypes of the late nineteenth century to the surveillance blimps used by the United States government after September 11, 2001. Much of the collection centers around the United States Navy LTA program in World War II and the ships built by Goodyear for the Navy in the late 1920s, including the USS Akron and the USS Macon. Since Shock has written a book devoted entirely to Goodyear...
Dates:
1920-1923, 1979
US Army AC-1 Airship, 1922-1923, 1979-1988
File — Box: 18, Folder: 12
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The James R. Shock Airship Collection documents the progression of airships from the early experimental prototypes of the late nineteenth century to the surveillance blimps used by the United States government after September 11, 2001. Much of the collection centers around the United States Navy LTA program in World War II and the ships built by Goodyear for the Navy in the late 1920s, including the USS Akron and the USS Macon. Since Shock has written a book devoted entirely to Goodyear...
Dates:
1922-1923, 1979-1988
US Army Type “OA” Airship (Pony Blimp), 1920-1923, 1979, 1992
File — Box: 18, Folder: 13
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The James R. Shock Airship Collection documents the progression of airships from the early experimental prototypes of the late nineteenth century to the surveillance blimps used by the United States government after September 11, 2001. Much of the collection centers around the United States Navy LTA program in World War II and the ships built by Goodyear for the Navy in the late 1920s, including the USS Akron and the USS Macon. Since Shock has written a book devoted entirely to Goodyear...
Dates:
1920-1923, 1979, 1992
