The American ZR-1to be christened appropriately Shenandoah or "Daughter of the Stars" by Mrs. Denby, wife of the Secretary of the Navymade a pleasure trip to St. Louis to see the races, and returned to Lakehurst after an uneventful journey of 2,200 miles, at an average speed of some 60 miles an hour despite strong head winds.
On the return trip from Chicago to Lakehurst, tests of gasoline consumption showed more than a mile to the gallon. The total fuel cost on this leg of the trip was $150, a fraction of the...
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