E-class blimp

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E class
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NAVY E-1
General information
TypeTraining airship
Manufacturer Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation
Primary user US Navy
Number built1
History
Introduction date 1918
Retired 1924

The E class of US Navy blimps comprised a single airship, built during World War I by Goodyear as one of a group of three small blimps offered to the US government. Two were purchased for the US Navy and one for the US Army. The Navy blimps were designated E-1, F-1 , and the Army airship A-1. These airships had identical envelopes but different cars. [1] The E-1 was delivered to Pensacola, Florida in December 1918. It was flown only at Pensacola serving as a trainer at the Airship School. A new envelope was provided in December 1920. [1] E-1 was retired from service sometime in 1924.

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Operators

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Specifications

General characteristics

Performance


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Related lists

References

  1. 1 2 Shock, James R. (2001), U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962, Edgewater Florida: Atlantis Productions, p. 33, ISBN   0-9639743-8-6