AIRSHIP ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH CRASH DOCUMENTED IN 3 ORIGINAL FLIGHT LOG BOOKS For Sale

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AIRSHIP ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH CRASH DOCUMENTED IN 3 ORIGINAL FLIGHT LOG BOOKS:
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AIRSHIP ZR-1 *USS SHENANDOAH CRASH DOCUMENTED WITH THREE ORIGINAL FLIGHT LOG BOOKS U.S. NAVY AVIATION FLIGHTLOG BOOKS (3) DOCUMENTING THE DATES AND DETAILS OF SERVICE ON THE AIRSHIP ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH INCLUDING AN ENTRY IN THE LOG BOOK DATED JULY 7,1925 TO MAY 6,1931 OF THE CRASH OF THE ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH.THREE CONSECUTIVE DATED U.S. NAVY AVIATOR FLIGHT LOG BOOKS (1920-1931) THAT WERE ONCE USED BY U.S. NAVY AVIATION AIRSHIP CREWMEMBERJOHN F. McCARTHY - (ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAHAVIATION CHIEF RIGGER) THAT SPELL OUT HIS SERVICE IN U.S. NAVY AVIATIONSTARTING IN DAYTON AND AKRON OHIO THROUGH TO 1931 IN LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION IN NEW JERSEY U.S.A. THIS RECORD SHOWS HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BRITISH AIRSHIPS SST, R-32, R-33, R-34, R-80. THESE ARE HISTORIC LOG BOOKS THAT ARE UNIQUE AND COULD EASILY BE THE CENTERPIECE OF ANY AIRSHIP/AVIATION COLLECTION.EACH LOG BOOK WAS MOST LIKELY CARRIED WITH HIM ON ALL THE AIRSHIPS HE FLEW ON INCLUDING THE CRASH OF THEZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH.
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UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO FIT A PORTION OF THE MANY LOG BOOK PAGES ON THIS LISTING.
FORTUNATELY THE PAGES I COULD FIT CONTAIN MOST OF THE REFERENCES TO THE ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH INCLUDING THE CRASH ENTRY.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE MANY ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPHS FOUND IN THE LOG BOOKS:
COMMANDER - ZACHARY LANDSDOWNE (APPEARS 11 TIMES) (DIED IN THE CRASH)COMMANDER - CHARLES E. ROSENDAHL (APPEARS 1 TIME)(SURVIVOR OF THE CRASH)COMMANDER - JOSEPH P.NORFLEET (APPEARS 7 TIMES)COMMANDER - FRANK R. McCRARY (APPEARS 5 TIMES)FLIGHT OFFICER - LT. ARTHUR REGINALD HOUGHTON (APPEARS 21 TIMES)(DIED IN THE CRASH)LIEUTENANT- CHARLES E. BAUCH (APPEARS 5 TIMES)(SURVIVOR OF THE CRASH)AVIATION CHIEF RIGGER - JOHN F. McCARTHY (APPEARS 4 TIMES) (SURVIVOR OF THE CRASH)
CONDITIONS ARE VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT WITH SOME LIGHT WEAR THAT ISCONSISTENT WITH ITS AGEAND USE.
* ZR-1USS Shenandoahwas the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. It was constructed during 1922–23 at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey. It developed the U.S. Navy\'s experience with rigid airships, and made the first cross country flight by airship.On the 57th flight, ZR-1 USS Shenandoah was destroyed in asquall lineover Ohio in September 1925.Fourteen crew members,including Commander Zachary Lansdowne, were killed. SEE MY 100% POSITIVE response AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.