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| Abilene Weekly Reflector, 01-September-1921 |
100 years ago today, on 31-August-1921, a hangar fire at the Naval Air Station Rockaway destroyed US Navy blimps D-6 and H-1, and observation balloon Z-6. D-6 was not a rigid airship.
(Associated Press)
New York, Aug. 31. -- The dirigible balloon D-6 and its hangar were destroyed by fire at Rockaway Point naval air station today. An explosion of gasoline tanks within the hangar caused the fire. No casualties.
New York, Aug. 31. -- The dirigible balloon D-6, a rigid airship and the largest naval aircraft of its type, the Blimp H-l and the Kite balloon X-6 were destroyed by a fire which also razed the hangars today at Rockaway Point naval air station.
BALLOONS GO
UP IN SMOKE
Largest of Nation's Airships Destroyed
(Associated Press)
New York, Aug. 31. -- The dirigible balloon D-6 and its hangar were destroyed by fire at Rockaway Point naval air station today. An explosion of gasoline tanks within the hangar caused the fire. No casualties.
New York, Aug. 31. -- The dirigible balloon D-6, a rigid airship and the largest naval aircraft of its type, the Blimp H-l and the Kite balloon X-6 were destroyed by a fire which also razed the hangars today at Rockaway Point naval air station.
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