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Mayfly was intended to be an aerial scout, and was similar in design to contemporary Zeppelins, but with some major differences.At 512 ft (156 m) length and 46 ft (14 m) in diameter, it was 66 ft (20 m) longer than the contemporary LZ 6 and had a 50% larger volume, giving a correspondingly greater lift.
Douglas C-74 Globemaster at Long Beach Airport with Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft in the background. To attract the United States Navy, the City of Long Beach built a hangar and an administrative building and then offered to lease it to the Navy for $1 a year for the establishment of a Naval Reserve air base.
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until 30 September 1997. (1997-09-30) The Long Beach Naval Shipyard (Long Beach NSY or LBNSY), which closed in 1997, was located on Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district of Los Angeles, approximately 23 miles south of the Los Angeles International Airport. [1] The primary role of NSY Long Beach at the time of ...
That plan was derailed when her father took her to an air show in Long Beach, California, in 1920. ... 20 hours and 14 minutes into the flight, Earhart radioes: “We are on the line 157-337 ...
February 24, 1994. The U.S. Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale Historic District, also known as Shenandoah Plaza, is a historic district located on 62.48 acres (25.3 ha) [2] at Moffett Field, California. Hangars One, Two, and Three, and the adjacent Shenandoah Plaza are inclusively designated as the historic district listed on the National Register ...
C.H. Latimer-Needham. First flight. 31 January 1927. Number built. 1. The Halton Mayfly was a British two-seat biplane designed by C.H. Latimer-Needham and built by the Halton Aero Club between 1926 and 1927. [1] Registered G-EBOO and named the HAC.1 Mayfly it first flew on 31 January 1927. [1] It was converted to a single-seater and was flown ...