Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1
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signal-corps-dirigible-no-1-236-13519950
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Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1
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Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 was the first powered aircraft ordered for the Signal Corps by the Aeronautical Division of the United States Army. The purchase of SC-1, a dirigible designed by Thomas Scott Baldwin, was the result of urgings by Chief Signal Officer Brigadier General James Allen. After seeing Baldwin demonstrate a dirigible at the St. Louis air meet in 1907, Allen had urged the U.S. Army to buy a dirigible, as many European armies had dirigibles by the turn of the century. On 5 Augu
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Type of aircraft
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_Corps_Dirigible_No._1
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2021-06-21T16:42:37Z
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