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Graf Zeppelin could transport passengers over long distances in the same luxury as an ocean liner, and almost as quickly as contemporary airliners. [159] Graf Zeppelin made three trips to Brazil in 1931 [160] and nine in 1932. [161] The route to Brazil meant flying down the Rhône valley in France, a cause of great sensitivity between the wars.
English: Airship LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin", drawing after model, with some internal structure and gas cells. Key: ACP = Auxiliary control post red = AC = axial corridor running from main ring -2 to the front mooring hub blue = LC = lower corridor running from main ring 20 to ring 211 ending at ladder to axial corridor orange = WC = crew's toilet
Graf Zeppelin over the Berlin Victory Column. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled rigid airship which flew from 1928 to 1937. It was designed and built to show that intercontinental airship travel was practicable.
The engines had a water recovery system which captured water from exhaust of the engines to replace ballast jettisoned during flight. To reduce drag, the passenger rooms were contained entirely within the hull, rather than in the gondola as on the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, on two decks. The upper deck, "A", contained the passenger quarters, public ...
The LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin had bi-fuel engines, and could use gasoline and Blau gas as a propellant. Twelve of the vessel's gas cells were filled with a propellant gas instead of lifting gas with a total volume of 30,000 cubic metres, enough for approximately 100 flight hours.
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin operational history; S. 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps; W. Karl Henry von Wiegand; Z. The Zeppelin This page was last edited on 17 July 2020, at ...
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The LZ 128 was similar to the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, but shorter and wider. Designed as a passenger airship to carry 25 passengers and 10 tons of cargo, the LZ 128 was cancelled in 1930 due to the crash of the R101 , the dangers of hydrogen being made clear.