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...crossing" was considered by many a fairly far-fetched prediction for dirigible travel in the near future. Yet last week, with so little fanfare that few in the U. S. were aware of it, the Graf Zeppelin visited Rio de Janeiro with passengers & mail on her fifth voyage from Friedrichshafen since Aug. 28. At the same time in Akron, Ohio an important milestone was passed in U. S. dirigible development. On the strength of a radiogram from the Secretary of the Navy, Lieut. Thomas G. W. ("Tex") Settle, naval inspector of construction of the airship Akron at the Goodyear-Zeppelin...
Transatlantic- The Graf Zeppelin returned to Friedrichshafen non-stop from Pernambuco...
...dozen scientists, some in their underwear, some in trousers, all in acute discomfort, at about the cabin of the Graf Zeppelin as she ambled one day last week from Friedrichshafen to Berlin, first stop on her 1931 Arctic cruise. To minimize the load, each man's baggage had been limited to the heavy fur & woolen clothing required in the Far North...
Just before taking off from Friedrichshafen Dr. Eckener made a public explanation that the flight was imposing no burden of expense upon the German Republic. Three-fourths of the cost is being borne by foreign scientific bodies, he said; the remainder by stamp collectors...
...Graf Zeppelin flew from Friedrichshafen to Iceland and back as practice for its Arctic cruise late this month...