Alaska Daily Empire, 30-December-1921 |
When it was built in Italy in 1921, Roma was the largest semi-rigid airship in the world. She was purchased by the United States Army, which had her dismantled and shipped to Langley Field, Virginia. Roma made her first flight 100 years ago today, on 15-December-1921. On 21-February-1922, Roma crashed and killed 32 people.
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