100 years ago, on April 25, 1910, German airship Zeppelin LZ-5, which was also known as military airship Z-II, stranded at Weilburg and was completely destroyed.
Contemporary newspaper reports about that crash can be found here: http://www.weilburg-lahn.info/zeppelin/z2_3.htm
And if you want to know more about zeppelin and zeppelin mail, visit the website of the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP at http://www.ezep.de/
The Spring2010 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is done, a sneak preview is online at http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2010sp.html
The 10th flight season of the Friedrichshafen based Zeppelin NT has started. The Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei operating the airship is expecting the 100.000th Zeppelin NT passenger this year.
Visit the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP at http://www.eZEP.de/
Rare colour footage of the Graf Zeppelin II over Friedrichshafen in 1938, filmed by Goodyear Engineer Harold G. Dick. From the documentary “Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause.” The documentary mistook this footage as color footage of the Hindenburg. This is the only known colour footage of a Zeppelin; the colour footage of the Hindenburg in various video sharing sites was hand-colourized in the 1960s.
This was posted by “Charlie” on MaYoMo, to see the video go to his post: http://www.mayomo.com/74620
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Photo take from the above listed video.
Yesterday (March 10), 100 years ago: The first motor driven airplane took off from Switzerland. A Wright biplane brought in by train flew for five minutes over the frozen St. Moritzersee in Switzerland. The plane was piloted by Paul Engelhard. And 100 years later — Zurich has one of the largest and most modern airports with airline connections to all over the world. And Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss, LX) is one of the few European airlines making profit!
And the Swiss aerophilatelic community?!?! We are waiting for an invitation to join your centenuary festivity…. although German zeppelins had been frequently seen over Switzerland before that first flight with various recorded zeppelin mail drops over Switzerland between 1907 and 1910!!!
Anyhow… Congratulations to Switzerland for a centenuary of aviation!
Photo showing Engelhard in March 1910 flying over St. Moritz area, courtesy of Dokumentationsbibliothek St. Moritz
Bob Wilcsek published in the Airpost Journal, the monthly pblication of the American Airmail Society, his 100th Zeppelin Letter. His first Zeppelin Letter column in the Airpost Journal was published in June 1992 and Bob continuesly fed his readership with stunning and interesting facts and discoveries on zeppelin mail. The February 2010 issue (Volume 81, Number 2) of the Airpost Journal printed now his 100th column. Incredible – might this fountain of information never run dry!
Congratulations Bob!
P.S. Has anyone counted the columns Bob wrote for the Zeppelin Post Journal?
Hallo Zeppeliner!
am Sonntag, den 17. Januar 2010, trifft sich die ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP anlässlich der Briefmarkenmesse in Friedrichshafen, Deutschland.
Hier nun die Einzelheiten zu unserem Treffen:
Wir treffen uns um 14 Uhr 30 im Zeppelin-Hangar in Friedrichshafen. Zeppelin Hangar FN ist das Restaurant mit Lounge und Bar gleich neben der Friedrichshafener Zeppelinwerft und damit nur wenige Schritte von der Briefmarkenmesse entfernt. Die Briefmarkenmesse beginnt um 8 Uhr 30, so dass jeder genügend Zeit hat, sich am Vormittag bei den zahlreichen Händlern auf der Messe umzusehen. Und um 14 Uhr 30 trifft sich dann, wie bereits erwähnt, die ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP.
Eine Anmeldung oder Mitgliedschaft ist nicht notwendig, das Treffen ist öffentlich, alle Luftpost- und Zeppelinpost-Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen!
Hier noch ein paar weiterführende Links zu dem Treffen:
Briefmarkenmesse Friedrichshafen
http://www.schwaebische.de/lokales/friedrichshafen/friedrichshafen-stadt_artikel,-Boerse-bietet-Angebot-der-Spitzenklasse-_arid,4027723.html
Bar/Lounge/Restaurant Zeppelin-Hangar FN
http://www.zeppelin-hangar-fn.de/
Nahverkehr in Friedrichshafen
http://www.bodo.de/de/index.php
Reisewetter Bodensee
http://bodenseewetter.meteomedia.ch/
Verkehrsmeldungen für Autofahrer
http://www.polizei-bw.de/Verkehrsmeldungen/
Zeppelin Study Group
http://www.ezep.de/deutsch/zsg/zsg.html
Alle Informationen und insbesondere Updates werden im Internet auf http://www.ezep.de/deutsch/meet.html veröffentlicht.
Wir sehen uns am Sonntag,
bis dahin beste Grüße
Dieter Leder
Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!
The BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX awards are online at http://www.ezep.de/aeropex2009/aeropex2009.html
Congratulations to all exhibitors!
The international airmail exhibition BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX opened yesterday, it is a great show with spectacular exhibits! Photos from the opening and the show will follow tomorrow.
