Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After completing the first ever transatlantic airship flight in ...

Finally, on the 11th of October 1928, Hugo Eckener, commanding the Graf Zeppelin airship as part of DELAG’s operations, ...

Just past the museum entrance is a bust of the namesake airships ... with models of the Hindenburg, the Graf Zeppelin and others hanging overhead. Among them is the LZ 126, a passenger dirigible ...

Summary and Top 4 Points: The Graf Zeppelin, Germany’s first aircraft carrier, was laid down in 1936 but never entered service due to internal disputes, skepticism, and war priorities.

The Hindenburg, along with its highly successful predecessor, the Graf Zeppelin, made numerous trans-Atlantic crossings in their brief but illustrious careers. Constructed out of an aluminum alloy ...

The image shown above likely depicts the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, an airship built in Germany in 1928. That dirigible's most famous flight occurred in 1929, when it circumnavigated the globe in 21 ...

Film which uses the letters and diaries of passenger Lady Grace Drummond-Hay and archival footage to document the Graf Zeppelin airship's circumnavigation of the globe in 1929. Show more In 1929 ...

Hearst proposed having the Graf Zeppelin, then the world’s largest airship, fly to the North Pole for a meeting with a submarine that would travel under the ice. This ran into practical ...

The Hindenburg, along with its highly successful predecessor, the Graf Zeppelin, made numerous trans-Atlantic crossings in their brief but illustrious careers. Constructed out of an aluminum alloy ...