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First official airmail 1911, Allahabad – Naini, India

On the day 100 years ago, on 18 February 1911, a mail bag with approximately 6.000 covers was flown by French pilot Henri Pequet from Allahabad to Naini, India. This small hop of only five miles made history: It was … Continue reading

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Zeppelin L4 (LZ-27) crashed at Denmark, fuel shortage

Today in history: On 17 Februar 1915, German naval airship L4 crashed at the shore near Blaavandshuk, Denmark. The airship was on the return flight of a scouting mission along the Norwegian coast when they were facing strong head winds … Continue reading

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Fred Wiseman – First airmail flight 100 years ago

On this day in 1911, the first airmail flight took place. Fred Wiseman flew on a self-made Wisman-Peters plane 15 miles from Petaluma to Santa Rosa, California, USA. The flight took two days with a total flying time of only … Continue reading

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Zeppelin Post Journal, Winter 2010 issue

The Winter 2010 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is ready. Enjoy a sneak preview of the 32-pages issue with the full index here: http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2010wi.html The selected web article by Richard Gibbons about double-marked zeppelin LZ-127 Rome Flight covers from … Continue reading

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Zeppelin Study Group auf der Briefmarkenmesse Sindelfingen

Die ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP trifft sich auf der Briefmarkenmesse Sindelfingen: Das Treffen findet am Samstag, den 30. Oktober 2010 um 14 Uhr im Mercure Hotel gleich neben der Messe statt. Treffpunkt ist ist die Tagungssuite Nummer 6 (TS6). Neben einer … Continue reading

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Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg crash cover from May 6, 1937

Flying from Frankfurt, Germany to Lakehurst, NJ, USA, zeppelin LZ-129 HINDENBURG carried on the 1st North America Flight 1937 a total of 8 mail bags containing 17,609 cards, covers and parcels. When approaching Lakehurst, the airship burst into flames. Only … Continue reading

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Zeppelin LZ-5, Z-II strands at Weilburg, 100 years ago

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 … Continue reading

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Zeppelin Post Journal, Spring2010 issue

The Spring2010 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is done, a sneak preview is online at http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2010sp.html

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Zeppelin NT 2010 flight season started at Friedrichshafen

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/

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