Airship Kitty

As the crew, which also included a radio operator, a chief engineer and two mechanics, climbed on board, Simon picked up a stray cat that had been living in the America’s hangar. Like many sailors, he was superstitious. ‘We can never have luck without a cat on board,’ he wrote.

More at The Telegraph, and written up at Purr n Fur Famous Felines and Why Evolution Is True.