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Subject:Re: A second Zeppelin!
From:Ford U. Ross
Date:Wed Jun 06 14:01:47 2001
I believe the only German Zeppelin still flying on 6 May 1937 was the
Hindenburg, as the
Graf Zeppelin(I) was grounded in Germany, getting ready to be dismantled.
LZ-127 = Graf Zeppelin, deflated in June 1937 at Frankfurt-am-Main. Hung
from roof of hangar.
LZ-129 = Hindenburg, destroyed by fire on 6 May 1937.
LZ-130 = Graf Zeppelin II, sister ship to Hindenburg. First flight was on
14 Sept. 1938.
The Graf Zeppelin (I) and the Graf Zeppelin II were both dismantled
in March 1940.
Graf II never flew to the U.S. or beyond the English Channel in 1939.

Ford U. Ross

"John S. Gray" wrote in message
news:9fhrg1$7gc$1@News.Dal.Ca...
> Went to www.zeppelin-nt.com the other day, and see that their second ship
> (first production run ship, as opposed to prototype, I surmise) is now
> flying.
>
> The last time two Zeppelin-built rigid were flying was on 6 May 1937.
>
> I raise my glass to the Friederichshafen aeronauts.
>
> JG




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