Knowledge

Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1

Source 📝

80: 28: 118:
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.
282: 354: 172:
at Fort Omaha, and manoeuvred the craft at will. SC-1 remained there until scrapped in 1912. The Army did not purchase another dirigible until after World War I.
349: 266: 130:, Virginia. The craft fell short of a 2-hour, 20 mph objective to meet a $ 8,000 per unit award. The Army formally accepted the craft as 158: 91: 79: 139: 359: 27: 301: 95: 154: 115: 111: 61: 99: 276: 161:
was assigned to duty in the Aeronautical Division, the balloon detachment was transferred to
271:, National Museum of the United States Air Force, archived from the original on 14 July 2014 147: 143: 314: 296:
Tom D. Crouch. "Aero Club of Washington: Aviation in the Nation's Capital, 1909–1914": 39.
343: 51: 162: 135: 127: 107: 168:
On 26 May, pilot Lieutenant Lahm and Lieutenant Foulois made a flight in
78: 281:: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( 260: 258: 256: 242:11.95 kn (13.75 mph, 22.13 km/h) 236:17.04 kn (19.61 mph, 31.56 km/h) 134:paying $ 5,737.50. On 28 Aug. 1908 Lieutenants 90:was the first powered aircraft ordered for the 268:Baldwin Dirigible: U.S. Army\'s First Airship 176:Specifications (Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1) 8: 355:1900s United States experimental aircraft 252: 310: 299: 274: 17: 221:1 × Curtiss , 20 hp (15 kW) 7: 209:20,000 cu ft (570 m) 122:On 5 August 1908, the Army tested 83:Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1, 1908 14: 26: 330:Aeronautics; Volume 5, Number 1 114:, was the result of urgings by 150:were taught to fly the craft. 1: 350:Airships of the United States 328:"Army News: Dirigible No 1", 21:Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 132:Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 88:Signal Corps Dirigible No. 1 215:1,360 lb (620 kg) 376: 25: 20: 153:After Second Lieutenant 332:, p. 10, July 1909 188:General characteristics 309:Cite journal requires 265:NMUSAF (22 May 2010), 203:93 ft (28 m) 84: 96:Aeronautical Division 82: 116:Chief Signal Officer 112:Thomas Scott Baldwin 62:Thomas Scott Baldwin 140:Michael "CC" Finney 102:. The purchase of 100:United States Army 85: 77: 76: 367: 360:Baldwin aircraft 334: 333: 325: 319: 318: 312: 307: 305: 297: 293: 287: 286: 280: 272: 262: 229: 190: 155:John G Winter Jr 148:Benjamin Foulois 144:Thomas Selfridge 70: 48: 40:Type of aircraft 30: 18: 375: 374: 370: 369: 368: 366: 365: 364: 340: 339: 338: 337: 327: 326: 322: 308: 298: 295: 294: 290: 273: 264: 263: 254: 249: 225: 186: 178: 68: 47:National origin 46: 41: 12: 11: 5: 373: 371: 363: 362: 357: 352: 342: 341: 336: 335: 320: 311:|journal= 288: 251: 250: 248: 245: 244: 243: 237: 234:Maximum speed: 223: 222: 216: 210: 204: 198: 177: 174: 75: 74: 71: 65: 64: 59: 55: 54: 49: 43: 42: 39: 36: 32: 31: 23: 22: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 372: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 347: 345: 331: 324: 321: 316: 303: 292: 289: 284: 278: 270: 269: 261: 259: 257: 253: 246: 241: 240:Cruise speed: 238: 235: 232: 231: 230: 228: 220: 217: 214: 211: 208: 205: 202: 199: 196: 193: 192: 191: 189: 184: 182: 175: 173: 171: 166: 164: 160: 156: 151: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 120: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 81: 72: 67: 66: 63: 60: 57: 56: 53: 52:United States 50: 45: 44: 37: 34: 33: 29: 24: 19: 16: 329: 323: 302:cite journal 291: 267: 239: 233: 226: 224: 218: 213:Useful lift: 212: 206: 200: 194: 187: 185: 180: 179: 169: 167: 165:, Nebraska. 152: 131: 123: 121: 110:designed by 103: 92:Signal Corps 87: 86: 69:Number built 15: 227:Performance 219:Powerplant: 183:Smithsonian 159:6th Cavalry 344:Categories 247:References 163:Fort Omaha 136:Frank Lahm 195:Capacity: 181:Data from 128:Fort Myer 108:dirigible 58:Designer 38:Dirigible 277:citation 207:Volume: 201:Length: 157:of the 98:of the 94:by the 35:Role 315:help 283:link 170:SC-1 146:and 124:SC-1 106:, a 104:SC-1 126:at 346:: 306:: 304:}} 300:{{ 279:}} 275:{{ 255:^ 142:, 138:, 73:1 317:) 313:( 285:) 197:1

Index


United States
Thomas Scott Baldwin

Signal Corps
Aeronautical Division
United States Army
dirigible
Thomas Scott Baldwin
Chief Signal Officer
Fort Myer
Frank Lahm
Michael "CC" Finney
Thomas Selfridge
Benjamin Foulois
John G Winter Jr
6th Cavalry
Fort Omaha



Baldwin Dirigible: U.S. Army\'s First Airship
citation
link
cite journal
help
Categories
Airships of the United States
1900s United States experimental aircraft
Baldwin aircraft

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.