On Saturday, October 24 we will be holding our 63rd Annual Banquet and Silent Auction. The event will start at 5:00 PM at the Greek Community Center located at 129 S Union Street, Akron, Ohio. See registration form and further details here. Continue reading
Featuring the USS Akron, the Akron Airdock and Navy DayOn Friday, October 23 from 1:00 to 5:00 PM (the day before our Annual Banquet), Vic Fleischer, director of the University of Akron Archival Services, cordially invites you to view high-quality videos newly made from original 35 mm nitrate films preserved in the university’s Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Collection.
The continuous showing of three Goodyear educational films showcasing the USS Akron will be in Room LL10, The Polsky Building, 225 S. Main St., Akron (entrance on the building’s east side, on High St.). Parking is available one-and-a-half blocks west at 52 W. State St., behind the former O’Neil’s building and immediately north of Canal Park. Refreshments will be served.
For further details, call 330-972-7670.
By Eric Brothers
The loss of the U.S. Navy rigid airship USS Shenandoah and 14 of her crew over southern Ohio on Sept, 3, 1925 was remembered in a ceremony on Sept. 6, 2015, near where the dirigible broke up in the air during a violent thunderstorm. Continue reading
As announced in our post of August 19, Lockheed Martin has been flying a tethered Aerostat next to the Akron Airdock, near the Akron Fulton airport. Continue reading
On Sunday, September 6 at 2 PM, a ceremony will be held in the center of Ava, Ohio, (about four miles North of I-77 – Exit 28, along Route 821) to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the crash of the U.S. Navy’s first rigid airship. Continue reading