1938 GRAF ZEPPELIN GERMAN AIRSHIP IN HANGER 8X10 PHOTO VINTAGE AVIATION MILITARY

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1938 GRAF ZEPPELIN GERMAN AIRSHIP IN HANGER 8X10 PHOTO VINTAGE AVIATION MILITARY
This would be a fantastic addition to your collection! It is a reproduction 8 x 10 inch real photo. It is crisp and clear and perfect focus. You will love it!
I will ship in a photo mailer for safety. (Note: ONLYCLASSICS-WEB-IMAGE print-does not appear on product-only on scan)  Thanks for looking!..p753
The Graf Zeppelin ruled the uncluttered skies like no other monarch could. The sight of the silver ship gliding over head brought crowds of people streaming from their houses and into the streets. No other aircraft in history , with the possible exception of the Spirit of St. Louis, has been the focus of so much admiration by so many people. The Graf Zeppelin was Dr. Eckner's crowning achievement in the concept of the zeppelin. Even though the Hindenburg and the Graf Zeppelin II would be technologically superior to the Graf Zeppelin, no other air ship would be so loved by nearly all the world.The Graf Zeppelin II was originally designed to use hydrogen as lifting gas. After the Hindenburg disaster, however, Hugo Eckener vowed never to use hydrogen in a passenger airship again. Instead, he planned to use helium (which, ironically, had originally been planned for the Hindenburg). The only source of helium in large enough quantities was found in the United States, so Eckener proceeded immediately to Washington, D.C. to lobby for helium for his airships. He went so far as to visit President Roosevelt himself, who promised to supply helium, but only for peaceful purposes. After the annexation of Austria in March of 1938, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes refused to supply helium. The Graf Zeppelin's fourteen gas cells were ultimately inflated with hydrogen. The keel of LZ 130 was laid on June 23, 1936, and the cells were inflated with hydrogen on August 15, 1938. By the time the Graf Zeppelin was completed, it was obvious that the ship would never serve its intended purpose as a passenger liner; the lack of a supply of inert helium was one cause. The ship was christened and made her first flight on September 14, 1938, making a circuit from Friedrichshafen to München, Augsburg, Ulm, and back. The total distance covered was 925 km (575 mi). The Graf Zeppelin ultimately flew a total of thirty missions, many for the Luftwaffe. She touched down on her last flight at 9:38 p.m. on August 20, 1939, ending the age of rigid airships. This was just 12 days before Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, triggering the start of the Second World War.
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