[DOC] [TLE] USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) - Wikipedia [PAR] USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. It was 
constructed during 192223 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, and first flew in 
September 1923. ... Notes: First rigid airship commissioned into U.S. Navy .... The 
20 gas cells within the airframe were filled to about 85% of capacity at normal 
barometric... [DOC] [TLE] ZR-1 U.S.S. Shenandoah - Airships.net [PAR] The airship U.S.S. Shenandoah was the first American built rigid airship. ... ZR-1 
made its first flight on September 4, 1923. ... daughter of the stars) and officially 
accepted as a commissioned vessel of the United States Navy. ... For example, 
while the Germans typically began a zeppelin flight with gas cells inflated to 100
%... [DOC] [TLE]  Aeragon - Airships [PAR]  Aeragon, - Dirigibles and military airships, the history of lighter-than-air flight. 
... made by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company USA, the US Navy's Akron and 
Macon, ... when the company built its first helium-filled airship and named it the 
Pilgrim. ... rigid-type airship commissioned by any branch of the United States 
military. [DOC] [TLE] History of Airships - Airship Research Lab [PAR] The first ships were crude 'hot air ballon' type ships and had limited use. ... such 
as the Zeppelin and Hindenburg, making transcontinental and round the world ... 
Non-Rigid or Blimp: which has large gas-filled envelopes, a good example .... 
During 1922 and 1923, the US Navy commissioned it's first rigid airship, thee ZR-
1. [DOC] [TLE] Airship - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] 1 Terminology; 2 Types; 3 Lifting gas; 4 History ... In modern common usage, the 
terms zeppelin, dirigible, and airship are used ... Several different kinds of US 
Navy airships and balloons, circa 1930 .... Another example was the first 
American-built rigid dirigible USS Shenandoah, which flew in 1923, while the Los 
Angeles... [DOC] [TLE] Airship - McGill School Of Computer Science [PAR] Several different kinds of US Navy airships and balloons, circa 1930 ... Only two 
ships of this type, Schwarz's aluminium ship of 1897 and the ZMC-2, have been 
... American airships have been filled with helium since the 1920s and modern .... 
was the first American-built rigid dirigible USS Shenandoah, which flew in 1923,
... [DOC] [TLE] Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Eastern New Jersey ... - Pinterest [PAR] September 1923 rigid airship ZR-1 Shenandoah leaving(probably first time)
Lakehurst hangar ... USS Shenandoah leaving the U.S. Navy hangar, 1923. ... 
kept their shape whether or not they were filled with gas) for long-range scouting 
and fleet support. ... Germany's Graf Zeppelin dirigible - Lakehurst, New Jersey 
1930. [DOC] [TLE] Airships facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] There are three types of airships: rigid (has an internal metal frame to ... its shape
); and non-rigid (internal pressure of the lifting gas, usually helium, ... Filled with 
hydrogen gas, it was driven by a 3 hp steam engine weighing 350 lb ... Goodyear 
blimps were primarily used by the U.S. Army and Navy for aerial surveillance. [DOC] [TLE] Hangar No. 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station--Aviation: From Sand ... [PAR] Commissioned in 1921, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, became the hub of naval ... [
photo] A K-type blimp landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey ... 
Inside it, Naval engineers assembled the first American-built rigid airship, the 
Shenandoah. On September 4, 1923, the ship made its maiden flight from 
Lakehurst. [DOC] [TLE] Vintage Dirigible and Zeppelin Photos - Metro Jacksonville [PAR] Count Zeppelin's airship made its first flight over Lake Constance (or ... His name 
will soon become synonymous with this type of aircraft. ... The metal framework 
also allowed zeppelins to be built much larger than a gas-filled blimp. .... From: 
http://www.airships.net/us-navy-rigid-airships/uss-shenandoah. [DOC] [TLE] Airship | Open Access articles | Open Access journals | Conference ... [PAR] An airship or dirigible

Question: The Shenandoah, commissioned by the U.S. Navy in 1923, was its 1st Zeppelin-type airship filled with this gas
Answer: helium