It can be hard to believe it in hindsight. But before the 1940s, the relationship between Germany and the United States wasn't all that different from any other influential European country. That's ...
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OCTOBER 15, 1928: The first transatlantic passenger flight was completed on this day in 1928 after Germany’s Graf Zeppelin arrived in the U.S. The 111-hour crossing from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, ...
Awesome photograph of men fixing the 776-foot-long LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in mid-air while on a transatlantic trip from Europe to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https ...
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 ...
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 ...
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