From the November 15, 1930, issue

GAS CELLS INCREASE SAFETY OF NEW SKY WARRIOR

The first gas cell of the new U.S. Navy airship, Akron, which will be the largest and safest lighter-than-air craft in the world, was being tested when the photographer took the picture on the front cover at the Akron airship dock, Akron, Ohio, where the ship is being built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corp.