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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
Posted in airships, History, ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Tagged crash, zeppelin, ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP
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LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II – Rare Colour Footage
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged friedrichshafen, Hindenburg, LZ-129, lz-130, zeppelin
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100 years of Swiss aviation
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. … Continue reading
100 Zeppelin Letters, congratulations Bob!
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 … Continue reading
Briefmarkenmesse Friedrichshafen Zeppelin Study Group Treffen
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 … Continue reading
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.
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL press recognition
The special issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL about the zeppelin mail forgeries (http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2009ibra.html) gets national and international press recognition: The current issue of the Stamp Magazine from England is featuring the forgeries story. The story appears in their printed … Continue reading
BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX – Last day for application
This is a reminder that application for the international airmail show BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX ends on Saturday, October 10, 2009. This is today or tomorrow, where ever you are at the moment. If you want to apply for exhibiting at … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeropex, Beijing, david lu, meetings, zeppelin
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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
Posted in airships, Exhibitions, History, Postal History
Tagged exhibit, graf zeppelin, lz127, Rome Flight, zeppelin
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8 million$ donation for philately
slightly off-topic for this zeppelin blog, but I thought it is worth to mention: A very generous way to support philately. The full story is in this link. http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/StampGallery/index.html