America (airship)
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america-airship-214-527062
title:
America (airship)
text:
The America was a non-rigid airship built by Louis Mutin Godard in France in 1906 for the journalist Walter Wellman's attempt to reach the North Pole by air. Wellman first conceived of using a balloon to fly to the pole during a failed polar attempt by boat and sledge from Svalbard in 1894. He then visited Paris to review the state of balloon technology but left disappointed by the lack of acceptable steering and propulsion capability. A decade later while at the 1905 Portsmouth Peace Conference
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Blimp used by Walter Wellman (1906–10)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(airship)
date created:
2007-04-14T14:43:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T12:42:42Z
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13
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