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Between 1931 and 1937, Deutsche Luft Hansa had regular flights between Germany and Brazil, which were operated by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin using its rigid airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg. [2] Rio de Janeiro was the final stop, where passengers could connect with aircraft services to Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia ...
Zeppelin Hangar, Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport, Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With the construction of Zeppelin LZ1 the era of big rigid airships started in Germany and for this very big airship hangars were necessary.
Airship hangar near Rio de Janeiro. Brazil built a hangar for airships at Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport, near Rio de Janeiro, at a cost of $1 million (equivalent to $22 million in 2018 [15]). Brazil charged the DZR $2000 ($44,000 [15]) per landing, and had agreed that German airships would land there 20 times per year, to pay off the cost. [173]
The whole complex consisted of an airfield, the hangar, a hydrogen factory and a branch-line connecting the complex to the main railway line to downtown Rio de Janeiro 54 km away among other structures. [3] Some of the buildings are still in use, particularly the hangar which was built to accommodate the rigid airships.
[141] [nb 11] Brazil also built a hangar for airships at Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport, near Rio de Janeiro, at a cost of $1 million (equivalent to $22 million in 2018 [54]). [nb 12] Brazil charged the DZR $2000 ($44,000 [54]) per landing, and had agreed that German airships would land there 20 times per year, to pay off the cost. [139]
On December 26, 1936, the mooring facility in Rio de Janeiro was inaugurated, with a mooring tower, brought from Germany, and a gigantic hangar. This was the start of a regular airline service between Rio de Janeiro and Frankfurt, Germany, with a stopover in Recife. However, in 1938, the line's operations were terminated.
Between 1931 and 1936, before a dedicated new facility was opened at Bartolomeu de Gusmão Airport, the Graf Zeppelin docked at Campo dos Afonsos during its stop-overs in Rio de Janeiro. [5] In 1941, Campo dos Afonsos became of exclusive use of the Brazilian Air Force and the new Air Force Base was commissioned as Afonsos Air Force Base.
The British government built a shed in Karachi for the R101, the Brazilian government built one in Rio de Janeiro, the Hangar do Zeppelin for the German Zeppelins, and the U.S. government constructed Moffett Field, Mountain View, California and Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey.