Subdeacon Joe Posted October 30, 2024 Posted October 30, 2024 From FB Aug. 26,1929- The giant German dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed in Los Angeles at a remote place called Mines Fields, that would one day become Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The Goodyear Blimp is parked next to it for scale. In ten years the Graf Zeppelin made 590 flights around the world without a single problem. Berlin to Buenos Aires to Karachi. It had a perfect safety record. Back then, lighter than air ships were considered much safer than airplanes.
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 31, 2024 Posted October 31, 2024 They were faster than ocean liners. One can only imagine what the availability of helium would have meant to their fate!!
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted October 31, 2024 Posted October 31, 2024 It was remarkable it didn’t crash in foul weather like the helium-filled USS Akron (1933) and USS Macon (1935). Those two crashes ended the rigid airship era in the US. The Hindenburg ended things forever in 1937.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 31, 2024 Posted October 31, 2024 Zeppelin Museum https://www.cnet.com/pictures/when-zeppelins-ruled-the-skies-photos/
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 31, 2024 Posted October 31, 2024 R101. Airship in UK https://www.airshipsonline.com/airships/r101/Crash/R101_Crash.htm
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