USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)
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USS Los Angeles was a rigid airship, designated ZR-3, which was built in 1923–1924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as war reparations. She was delivered to the United States Navy
Los Angeles at the mooring mast on the tender USS Patoka
Cover carried on the delivery flight from Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey, 12–15 October 1924
Zeppelin LZ-126 arriving at Lakehurst, 15 October 1924
Los Angeles (right) and Shenandoah moored in Hangar No. 1 in 1924
Parasite aircraft
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A parasite aircraft is a component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of the carrier. The carrie
USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)
…delivered to the United States Navy in October 1924 and after being used mainly for experimental work, particularly in the development of the American parasite fighter program, was decommissioned in 1932. The second of four vessels to carry the name USS Los Angeles, the airship was built for the United States Navy as…
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Bristol Scout on Porte Baby, 1916
A Sopwith 2F.1 Camel secured under the British HM Airship 23r, 1918
A Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk attached by a "skyhook" to USS Macon, 1933