The Explorers' Club, № MLI

Operation AXIOM: Between the Wars
12-15 October 1924: The U.S.S. Los Angeles (ZR-3) flew from Germany to the United States & was delivered to the U.S. Navy; she was build by Luftschifbau Zeppelin as war reparations (works № LZ 126), the replacement for a wartime dirigible sabotaged in 1919; the Los Angeles was the only one of the Navy's rigid airships that did not meet a disastrous end, serving until broken up for scrap in 1939.

Commentary: The Los Angeles was caught in a gust of wind on 25 August 1927, resulting in the near vertical orientation seen above. There were no injuries & damage was minimal; flight operations resumed the next day.

Elsewhere in October 1924, the American-build U.S.S. Shenandoah (ZR-1) flew from New Jersey to California to Washington state, completing the first airship flight across North America.

Lest we forget.