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80 years ago: LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight in 1931, icebreaker Malyguin
Do you know what happened today in history 80 years ago? On 24 July 1931, airship LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN departed Friedrichshafen at 9.55 a.m. to fly to Berlin. It was the first leg of the famous Polar Flight. The next … Continue reading
Posted in airships, eZEP-newsletter, History, meetings, ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Tagged friedrichshafen, graf zeppelin, lz127, meetings, zeppelin, ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP, ZPJ, ZSG
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75 years airport Flughafen Frankfurt Rhein Main
75 years ago, on 8 July 1936, Frankfurt Rhein Main airport was officially opened. A Junkers Ju 52 Auntie Ju / Tante Ju aiplane was the first aircraft to land at Frankfurt Rhein Main airport. Later on that day, airship … Continue reading
Posted in airships, Hindenburg, History, Postal History, ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Tagged first flight, friedrichshafen, graf zeppelin, Hindenburg, LZ-129, lz127, zeppelin, ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP, ZSG
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100 years Bordstempel – eZEP-newsletter April 2011
Dear Aerophilatelist, do you know what happened today in history 75 and 100 years ago? Well, 75 years ago, on 10 April 1936, LZ-129 HINDENBURG arrived back at Friedrichshafen, the airship was returning from the first South America Flight 1936, … Continue reading
Posted in airships, Allgemein, History, ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Tagged friedrichshafen, graf zeppelin, Hindenburg, LZ-129, lz127, zeppelin, Zeppelin NT, ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP, ZPJ, ZSG
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Today in history: LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin at Washington and New York
It was the first commercial Atlantic crossing by air, operated by the famous airship LZ-127 “Graf Zeppelin”. The flight departed Friedrichshafen, Germany 11 October 1928 and after only four days, on 15 October 1928 the airship reached the USA. Coming … Continue reading
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Today in history: LZ-127 departs for Chicago World’s Fair
Today (October 26) in 1933, LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin departs Akron for Chicago’s “A Century of Progress” World’s Fair and returns after a brief landing at Chicago.
New Italian zeppelin mail catalogue out
Fiorenzo Longhi published an new zeppelin mail catalogue: Zeppelin mail from Italy, Italian Colonies, San Marino and Vatican City from the period 1929 – 1939. This covers the flights of LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin, LZ-129 Hindenburg and LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II. … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibit, graf zeppelin, lz127, Rome Flight, zeppelin
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Zeppelin LZ-127 and Zeppelin NT-07 first flight anniversary
This day in 1928, airship LZ-127 “Graf Zeppelin” made the first flight. This day in 1997, airship Zeppelin NT-07 “Friedrichshafen” made the first flight. Both happened at the city of Friedrichshafen.
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Tagged friedrichshafen, graf zeppelin, lz127, zeppelin, Zeppelin NT
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100 years – Happy Birthday!
She remembers the sound of the zeppelin engines and at school, they had to raise funds for the Zeppelin-Eckener-Spende (Zeppelin-Eckener-fund). In 1933 she spent the summer at Lake Constance and visited the airship hanger and airship LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin where … Continue reading