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A balloon ascends over the Potomac River after launch

A balloon ascends over the Potomac River after launch

A balloon ascends over the Potomac River after launch from the USS George Washington Parke Custis, a Civil War Naval Aircraft Carrier, making reconnaissance of blockade, November 1861, near Budd's Ferry below M... More

USS Macon (ZRS 5) conducts initial operations with

USS Macon (ZRS 5) conducts initial operations with

USS Macon (ZRS 5) conducts initial operations with her Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk aircraft, over New Egypt, New Jersey, on July 7, 1933. (Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.)