Word: friedrichshafen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...stepped from the gondola of the LZ-126 in the Navy's airship dock at Lakehurst, N. J. Neither his drill-sergeant bearing nor his snapping eyes gave hint of the ignominy in his mission: he was delivering the ship to the U. S. Navy from Friedrichshafen where his Zeppelin Co. had built it as a Reparations payment. Within the silvered hulk was a crew of stolid Germans, a mail cargo, a tabloid edition of Vossische Zeitung, 1,000 toys for Wanamaker's store, a walking doll for the small daughter of a U. S. officer...
...usual without fanfare, Liftschiffbau Zeppelin last week announced its autumn schedule of five round trip flights of the Graf Zeppelin between Friedrichshafen and Pernambuco, Brazil...
Over hill & dale in the vicinity of Friedrichshafen one day soon will sail the big business-like Graf Zeppelin, this time bent on play. Zig-zagging here & there, ducking behind clouds, she will lay a trail of colored marks for a game of hare-&-hounds. The hounds will be motorists...
...Passage on the Graf from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco. Brazil is $480 with a 10% reduction for round-trip
Unless the Macon is enlarged it will yield to the LZ-129 now abuilding in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as "world's biggest." To house this huge ship, specifically designed for the commercial purposes of Dr. Hugo Eckener, two hangars were thrown together. Replete with comforts for 52 passengers, the LZ-129 will next year go into regular service on the South American run. Unlike the Graf Zeppelin she will be inflated with non-inflammable helium. But because helium is much more expensive than hydrogen, Dr. Eckener plans to install fireproof hydrogen ballonets inside the helium cells for use in regulating...