ZR-1 USS SHENNADOAH AIRSHIP BROCHURE for FILM PROP - AUTOGRAPHED by SURVIVOR For Sale

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ZR-1 USS SHENNADOAH AIRSHIP BROCHURE for FILM PROP - AUTOGRAPHED by SURVIVOR :
$49.00

ZR-1 USS SHENNADOAH AIRSHIP BROCHURE for FILM PROP - AUTOGRAPHED by CRASH SURVIVOR* JOHN F. Mc CARTHYc1960\'s
THIS IS ANADVERTISING BROCHURE EXPLAINING THE STORY OF THEFIRST U.S. NAVY RIGID AIRSHIP ZR-1U.S.S. SHENNADOAHAND THEMASSIVE REMOTE CONTROLLED FLYING 30 ft , 1/23rd SCALE MODEL OF THE SAME THAT WAS USED IN A DOCUMENTARY FILM AND TOURED THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1960\'s. THE MASSIVE MODEL WAS MADE USING THE ORIGINAL PLANS OF THE 1923 AIRSHIP BUILT AT LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION IN NEW JERSEY. THE MODEL WAS BUILT BY THE WORKERS FROM SOME OF THE LEADING AEROSPACECOMPANIES ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER LARGE COMPANYSINCLUDING THE COMPANY THE G.T. SCHJELDAHL COMPANY WHO RECEIVED NATIONAL FAME FORDESIGNING AND BUILDING ECHO I , THE FIRST COMMUNICATIONSSATELLITE. THESCHJELDAHL COMPANY ALSO WORKED ON THE ECHO II , STARGAZER, AND STRATASCOPE II PROJECTS.
ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH ON THE FRONT IN BLUE PEN BY*JOHN F. McCARTHY
*JOHN F. McCARTHY (b.1901-d.1977) - (ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAHAVIATION CHIEF RIGGER) SERVED IN U.S. NAVY STARTING IN 1917 AND RETIRED FROM THE NAVY IN 1934. HE WAS A SURVOR OF THE ZR-1 USS SHENANDOAH CRASH AND ALSO SERVED ON THE AIRSHIPS ZR-3 USS LOS ANGELES AND THE ZRS-5 USS MACON RECORD SHOWS HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BRITISH AIRSHIPS SST, R-32, R-33, R-34, R-80.

CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE.

DIMENSIONS: 8 1/2\" x 11\" folded to 3 5/8\"x 8 1/2\".

THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION.

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