America (airship)
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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
Airship America at Spitzbergen, with its hangar, 1906 or 1907
Airship America seen from the deck of the steamship Trent, October 1910.
Picture of the crew
Melvin Vaniman and Kiddo, the feline mascot of the airship America
Ship's cat
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The ship's cat has been a common feature on many trading, exploration, and naval ships dating to ancient times. Cats have been brought on ships for many reasons, most importantly to control rodents. V
America (airship)
…airship's engineer Melvin Vaniman sent one of the first aerial radio transmissions urging the launch boat to "come and get this goddam cat!" – the cat Kiddo who was initially quite unhappy about being airborne and caused such a ruckus, that for a time he was placed in a gunny sack and suspended beneath the…
Captain AJ Hailey with his cat on RMS Empress of Canada, 1920s
Ship's cat on HMAS Encounter during World War I
Winston Churchill pets Blackie, the ship's cat of HMS Prince of Wales, from boarding USS McDougal during a 1941 ceremonial visit
Convoy asleep in a hammock aboard HMS Hermione