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Post by cjd on Jan 26, 2014 16:43:51 GMT
Not the kind of thing I'd normally go for, but it has some eye appeal, so:  [click to enlarge] |
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Post by stampgeezer on Jan 26, 2014 19:48:49 GMT
Very nice. It is interesting to note that at that point in time, Germany had 2 zeppelins, the Graf Zeppelin (LZ-127), and the Graf Zeppelin II(LZ-130), which was still under construction. After the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, the great airships never made any more inter-continental flights. The original Graf, LZ-127 was, when this card was produced, at the Frankfort airport, deflated, and was a museum. The newer LZ-130, built as the sister ship of the Hindenburg, was commissioned in September 1938. It's only use was propaganda flights for the nazis but was grounded just before the start of WWII and later, in 1940, both airships were scrapped. To this day, the Hindenburg and the Graf Zeppelin II are the largest objects ever to fly.
Quite nice, cjd. For some reason I don't have one of these.
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Post by cjd on Jan 26, 2014 20:28:45 GMT
I had never noticed the flag of the Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei before picking up this card. Doing a little reading turned up some interesting points.
A few unrelated tidbits:
The Zeppelin company's chairman had intended to run against Hitler in the 1932 presidential election, and he and the Nazis did not get along. He apparently objected to the zeppelins being used as Nazi propaganda tools. The DZR was formed to extend party control over the zeppelins and the company, itself, LZ.
The Hindenburg itself was fully insured, but the loss of the future passenger revenue stream was not. (The takeaway if you are a small business owner? See if business interruption insurance is available and affordable for your business.)
The Germans could not switch from hydrogen to helium after the Hindenburg disaster because the United States was the only source for helium, and it would have been either politically impossible or commercially impractical to make the switch.
Most of the above is from Wikipedia, so take it with a grain of salt. Interesting stuff.
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