Tolliver Airship - Livermore, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 41.773 W 121° 49.125
10S E 604138 N 4172767
An ECV plaque in front of the Livermore Airport.
Waymark Code: WM64WR
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2009
Views: 8
"Eight miles Southwest of this location, in the Spring of 1904, Charles Tolliver built an airship.
With an aluminum superstructure covered with 6000 yards ponsee silk, the craft was to be 250 feet long, 40 feet wide and 44 ft high. Four gasoline powerec engines and six propellers - two on each side, one in the front, on in the rear. There was no need for rudders with this type of construction.
Mrs. Phovebe Hearst was the main financial backer, contributing 72000 dollars to the project.
First flight was to be late February 1907. There were serveral ground accidents and the craft never flew."
Rating: Not listed
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