Germany’s only attempt at building an aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, was ambitious—but doomed. Conceived as part of ...

Longest flight: The Graf Zeppelin's 6,168-mile non-stop transatlantic crossing took 111 hours and 44 minutes. Luxury travel: The airship offered 10-passenger cabins, luxurious dining, and ...

The cards and letters aboard the Graf Zeppelin bore a distinctive mark on their envelopes: a small image stamped in ink. National Postal Museum, SI On December 8, 1934, the dirigible Graf Zeppelin ...

The Hindenburg, along with its highly successful predecessor, the Graf Zeppelin, made numerous trans-Atlantic crossings in their brief but illustrious careers. Constructed out of an aluminum alloy ...

The other remaining Zeppelin-class dirigible, the Graf Zeppelin II, was destroyed by the Nazi administration who felt the materials could be put to better use with more conventional aircraft.

The Graf Zeppelin started on its flight across the Mediterranean to Palestine this morning. Paul Loebe, president of the Reichstag, is one of the 27 passengers. The Zeppelin will make a non-stop ...

Two decades after the scare, a zeppelin over the Thames was a fact of life. Here, the Graf Zeppelin, a commercial passenger ship, plies London’s skies. NASM (A-48287-A) That spring, no true ...

The Graf Zeppelin has finally been found! This film tells the incredible story of the lead ship of the German "Kriegsmarine", from its construction to its sinking and its amazing discovery over ...

Like two great bolognas, the Graf Zeppelin and the new Hindenburg (LZ-129) last week floated over Germany on a propaganda tour. While the Graf hovered above Bavaria sprinkling election handbills ...

Documentary Film which uses the letters and diaries of passenger Lady Grace DrummondHay and archival footage to document the Graf Zeppelin airships circumnavigation of the globe in 1929 In 1928 ...