Talk:America (airship)

Latest comment: 1 year ago by Clamdigger7 in topic It wasn't Bader Field (Atlantic City)

Believe "Reisenberg" should be "Riesenberg" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.196.14.72 (talk) 19:48, 30 April 2009 (UTC)Reply


I removed a comment added to end of article reading "The America was not a non rigid airship- she had a full keel that extended the length of her envelope classifying her as a semi-rigid airship" -- if true the article should be edited, not have contradictory info at bottom. DreamGuy (talk) 18:44, 20 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

It wasn't Bader Field (Atlantic City)

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The America didn't take off from Bader Field, which didn't exist in 1910. It was kept in a hangar by the inlet and towed by yacht just offshore before the moorings were cut and the airship took off from over the water.[1] Clamdigger7 (talk) 18:55, 14 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

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  1. ^ "Airship America Sails Away On Epoch-Making Trip To Europe". Associated Press/Buffalo Evening News. October 15, 1910. p. 1. "The last reported sight of the America and its crew was secured by a volunteer crew of the yacht Oliver, belonging to Col. Thomas Potter of Philadelphia, which guided the balloon out of the inlet...Col. Potter's small motor yacht towed the airship to the water's edge, and when the boat cut loose the monster balloon floated in the air."