Over a hundred years ago, there were multiple approaches made to the question: How can people move around in the air?
On September 4, 1923, the U.S.S. Shenandoah took flight for the first time as one of the U.S. Navy’s four rigid airships. The design came from a zeppelin captured from Germany in 1917. Two years later, the ship got caught in an updraft over Caldwell, Ohio, and rose too high to handle the pressure change. Fourteen crew members died as turbulence tore the Shenandoah apart and there were 29 survivors.
Charlottesville Community Engagement rarely covers development of contemporary aircraft, but a look back at anything can provide perspective on where we are now. I’m Sean Tubbs, and I’m glad you’re reading.
In today’s installment:
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Charlottesville City Attorney John Maddux gives a public briefing on the status of the legal against the city’s zoning code
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Plans have been filed to build seven units on a 0.165 acre lot on Cherry Avenue under the new zoning
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Charlottesville has hired an Albemarle deputy fire chief as its new emergency management coordinator
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Ridership on Charlottesville Area Transit increased by five percent in FY2025
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The University of Virginia Community Credit Union has created a community foundation
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Local transportation planners have been unsuccessful a third time getting a federal grant to further design a pedestrian bridge across the Rivanna River at Pantops
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