Akron had returned to routine fleet operations before its loss. It flew over Washington when Franklin Roosevelt took the presidential oath on 4 March 1933 and visited Panama later that month. These operations continued despite the accidents that had marked the experimental programme. The Navy still regarded the airship as a viable working system immediately before its final flight.
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Akron was still considered viable in March 1933
A Washington flyover and Panama visit show Akron operating routinely and still regarded as viable only weeks before its loss.