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Box 31

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

“A Research of Lighter-Than-Air Units Contracted to Goodyear and Assigned Serial Numbers, 1911-2000” Compiled by James R. Shock, 2000 Aug.

 File — Box: 31, 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: 2000 Aug.