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The Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 powered by five Maybach 550hp engines
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The Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 powered by five Maybach 550hp engines
The Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 powered by five Maybach 550hp engines, was 776 ft long and had a volume of 3, 300, 000 cubic feet. During the 1920s Dr. Hugo Eckener, the greatest of all airship pilots, raised the money to build the Graf Zeppelin which first flew on 26 April 1928.
It was on 11 October 1928 that the first of over 100 transatlantic flights left Friedrichshafen, Germany for Lakehurst, New York carrying a crew of 40 and 20 passengers. During 1929 a round-the-world trip of 21, 500 miles was completed in 20 days. Pictured here over London on 4 April 1930 en-route to the Royal Airship Works Cardington, Bedfordshire. 4science - Academic / Education - 25/02/2010
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