On November 1, 1928, German pilot Dr Hugo Eckener, the most successful airship commander in history, landed the LZ-127 “Graf Zeppelin” airship in Friedrichshafen, Germany after a 71-hour flight. The ...
On 15 August 1929, the Spanish doctor Jerónimo Megías fulfilled his dream by embarking on the first trip around the world in the Graf Zeppelin. It was not the first time that Megías, King Alfonso XIII ...
AUGUST 8, 1929: The Graf Zeppelin airship began the first ever flight round the world trip on this day in 1929. The hydrogen-filled German blimp, which 10 months earlier had been the first to cross ...
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Commercial Aviation Postcards [Williamson], NASM.2025.0042, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Scope and Contents "Graf Zeppelin über der Werft." Postcard; German airship LZ 127 ...
Aeroplanes are now the norm for air travel but there was a brief period early in the aeronautical history when airships or dirigibles were believed capable of playing a crucial role in aviation ...
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