World's Largest Dirigible Makes Trial Trip -- September 4, 2023

Alaska Daily Empire, 06-September-1923

ZR-1, later named the USS Shenandoah was the US Navy's first Zeppelin, a rigid form of airship. ZR-1 made her first flight 100 years ago today, on 04-September-1923. Almost exactly two years later, on 03-September-1925, Shenandoah broke up and crashed during a storm over Ohio.