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Returning home from a (light over Switzerland one day last week the Graf Zeppelin dipped low over Lake Constance. But instead of flying on to her hangar at Friedrichshafen near the north shore, the great silver sausage slowed to a standstill about 100 ft. above the water. Capt. Ernst Lehmann barked orders, rang signals. Six open tanks were dropped at cable-ends. Striking the surface they quickly filled with water, helped drag the great ship down. First the Graf poked her nose gingerly into the lake, then gently let her stern settle until she rested evenly upon her waterproofed gondolas...
...British soldiers. These were commanded by Flight Lieutenant Luck who had gone to Egypt last autumn to take charge of the mooring of the ill-fated R-101. After an hour's visit at Cairo the Graf flew on to Jerusalem, returned to Cairo, headed home to Friedrichshafen...
...only for thrill-hunters of the economic calibre of William B. Leeds. The Graf's transatlantic fare last year was $2.000 to Spain, $2,250 to Germany. Last week Hamburg-American line, agent for Liftschiffbau Zeppelin announced "Zep rides for everybody" for next summer. Four-hour flights from Friedrichshafen over either Lake Lucerne, the Black Forest or the Tyrol will cost about $36 per passenger, provided 30 to 35 passengers participate. Longer, costlier flights are also scheduled...
Workmen pounded, sawed and lugged heavy timbers about the floor of the Graf Zeppelin's great hangar at Friedrichshafen last week. They were building a "cradle" to support the big dirigible, about to be deflated and put up for the winter. While at rest on its shoring, the Graf will be minutely inspected by dirigible experts, to estimate an airship's lifetime. The Grafs record for 1930: 155 flights covering 144,275 mi. Passengers carried, 6,278; mail, 2,200,000 pieces; freight, 12,166 Ib. Zeppelin officials claimed that revenue from passenger fares met the cost...
...Friedrichshafen, Germany, Dr. Hugo Eckener was about to take his nomadic Graf Zeppelin on her regular weekly excursion across Germany...