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  2. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - Wikipedia

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    Graf Zeppelin's achievements showed that this was technically possible. [78] By the time the two Graf Zeppelins were recycled, they were the last rigid airships in the world, [199] and heavier-than-air long-distance passenger transport, using aircraft like the Focke-Wulf Condor and the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, was already in its ascendancy. [200]

  3. German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin - Wikipedia

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    The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany.She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the Kriegsmarine ' s attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas.

  4. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin operational history - Wikipedia

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    After the tail had been repaired, Graf Zeppelin left Lakehurst at 1:24 am on 29 October. Clara Adams became the first female paying passenger to fly transatlantic on the return flight. [17] The ship endured an overnight gale that blew it backward in the air and 320 km (200 mi; 170 nmi) off course, to the coast of Newfoundland. [18]

  5. Category:LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Clara Adams; D.

  6. Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei - Wikipedia

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    Graf Zeppelin: D-LZ 127: Graf Zeppelin: 1928: 1935–1937: The first aircraft in history to fly over 1 million miles. [22] Grounded 8 May 1937 following the Hindenburg disaster, scrapped March 1940. Hindenburg: D-LZ 129: Hindenburg: 1936: 1936–1937: 35 transatlantic crossings, 63 total flights. Destroyed 6 May 1937. Graf Zeppelin II: D-LZ 130 ...

  7. DELAG - Wikipedia

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    DELAG share certificate, 1910. DELAG was founded at the suggestion of Alfred Colsman, the business manager of Zeppelin Luftschiffbau. The company was having difficulty in obtaining orders from the German Army, so Colsman suggested exploiting the German public's enthusiastic interest by establishing a commercial passenger-carrying company.

  8. Ernst A. Lehmann - Wikipedia

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    Captain Ernst August Lehmann (12 May 1886 – 7 May 1937) was a German Zeppelin captain. He was one of the most famous and experienced figures in German airship travel. The Pittsburgh Press called Lehmann the best airship pilot in the world, [1] although he was criticized by Hugo Eckener for often making dangerous maneuvers that compromised the airships.

  9. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin - Wikipedia

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    Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH is a German aircraft manufacturing company. It is perhaps best known for its leading role in the design and manufacture of rigid airships, commonly referred to as Zeppelins due to the company's prominence.