German Airships

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      He started it all - Ferdinand Graf Von Zeppelin

      The German airship LZ3, 1906-1913, coloured postcard

      The German airship LZ3, another view, on the Bodensee

      Captain Wittemann, LZ3, shooting the sun with his sextant, circa 1907

      A family snapshot, southern Germany, about 1906

      The German airship LZ4, 1908, over a floating hanger (It crashed the same year)

      The German airship LZ6, August-December 1910 - It burnt out when an engine caught fire in its hanger

      The German airship LZ120, Bodensee,1919 - In 1921 she was handed over to the Italians as part of War Reparations

      A German airship over the Brandenberg Gate, Berlin, 1906

      The German airship Schwaben, 1911-1912

      The German airship Schweben, date unknown, but circa 1907, coloured postcard

      A Constructors blueprint for a German airship, circa 1930

      The German airship Viktoria Louise over the Kiel Sailing Week, 1911

      LZ4 outside its floating hangar, Bodensee, 1908

      The Graf Zeppelin outside a hanger

      Graf Zeppelin entering a hanger at Lakehurst, New Jersey

      The Graf Zeppelin over a lake, South Germany, August 1929

      The Graf Zeppelin preparing to leave Frankfurt aerodrome for a trip to South America, 8th June 1936

      Snapshot of the Graf Zeppelin lifting off, same event

      Lady Drummond-Hay and Captain von Schiller on the catwalk of the Graf Zeppelin

      A Poster for the Graf Zeppelinl

      A publicity poster for a New York hotel, 1936

      Another constructors blueprint

      The Graf Zeppelin in a hanger at Lakehurst, New Jersey, with other US craft, and a biplane

      The Graf Zeppelin in her hangar

      The Graf Zeppelin landing on water, with props still turning

      The Graf Zeppelin near the ground, Friedrichshafen, June 1936 - Nice cows, pity about the swastikas by then

      The Graf Zeppelin near the ground, the Captain giving orders

      The Graf Zeppelin over Berlin, 1928

      The Graf Zeppelin over Chicago, 28th August 1929

      The Graf Zeppelin over Friedrichshafen on the Bodensee

      The Graf Zeppelin over London, 1936 - Most of the buildings below, except the Cathedral, were bombed flat by 1942

      The shadow of the Graf Zeppelin over the river Nile, taken from onboard, undated

      Unknown airship under construction, Germany, late 1920's or early 30's

      The Graf Zeppelin over the Berlin Stadium during the Olympic Games, 1936

      AS41The Graf Zeppelin taking off, unknown location, circa 1928

      The Graf Zeppelin, with escort, over San Francisco, having just made the first non-stop airship crossing of the Pacific

      AS42A The Graf Zeppelin near the ground, unknown German location

      The Graf Zepplin on the ground

      The Graff Zeppelin and the Hindenburg over the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

      The Hindenburg, LZ129, under construction

      The finished Graf von Hindenburg, ready to be floated out, 28 Feb 1936

      The Hindenburg, preparing to leave Frankfurt aerodrome

      The Hindenburg in flight

      The Hindenburg, on a flight to America - One of the passengers took his Opel car with him

      The LZ1 over Bodensee, 2nd July 1900

      The Hindenburg, after a safe arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey

      The Hindenburg, observation lounge, an officer pointing out a passing landmark

      The Hindenburg, dining-room

      The Hindenburg, tea-room

      The Hindenburg, passengers in the saloon at cocktail-time

      The Hindenburg, over the RMS Queen Mary, both approaching New York Harbour

      The Hindenburg, over a foggy Manhattan

      The Hindenburg, corner of a cabin

      The Hindenburg, washbasins in a double cabin

      The Hindenburg, wireless room

      A German Zepplin, crashed in Eastern France,1906

      The Hindenburg, its last and fatal arrival at Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 6th 1937

      The Hindenburg explodes, Lakehurst, New Jersey, 6th May 1937

      The Hindenburg, exploding

      The Hindenburg, after the explosion - A badly burnt passenger is helped away

      The wreck of the Hindenburg, the next day, taken from the air, 7th May 1937

      The wreck of the Hindenburg, the next day, taken from the ground

      Two types of Zeppelin luggage labels

      Watercolour of a Zeppelin, French artist S Montaut 1932

      An early poster for the Zeppelins, circa 1905

      A German Zepplin over the Paris Opera 1908

      A Zeppelin over a British Squadron, location unknown, circa 1910

      A Zeppelin over an airfield, unknown date and location, probably Germany circa 1910