Comments on: LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin Photographs

By: jt

jt — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:12:58 +0000

Cheers Dan,
Almost correct, but Lz 129&130 didn’t made a flight over england but followed the coastline (presumably in international airspace). The mission was to gather information about british radar. As zeppelins were easy to spot the british switched their coastal radar installations, the home chain, off.

This was presumably the first airborn Elint operation. No intellegence gathered and therefore the germans had a nasty surprise when their bombers were detected while still trying to get altitude over northern france. )

By: Jason Wallace

Jason Wallace — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:46:42 +0000

thank you for consideration to my question
yours sincerely Jason Wallace

By: Fred Whitaker, Program Manager

Fred Whitaker, Program Manager — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:03:22 +0000

the website will tell you in english, that the ship has been flying since 1997. This is the Zeppelin Factory website. Enjoy

By: Dan (Airships.net)

Dan (Airships.net) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:37:13 +0000

LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin flew until late August, 1939, and famously made a spying flight over the UK on August 2-4, 1939.

(Where on my site did you see that LZ-130 was no longer flying in August, 1939? If you could point that out, it would be very helpful. Thanks!)

By: Eric Parker

Eric Parker — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:45:19 +0000

Hi Dan,

In early August 1939 I was at Weymouth on the south coast of England when an airship, which I have always assumed to be the Graf Zeppelin, flew over on a west to east course. From your site I can see this was not so as that airship was no longer flying then. The sighting was very interesting as at that time the whole of the British Home Fleet was anchored in Weymouth Bay awaiting the the Fleet Review by King George VI. We assumed it was on a scheduled flight from America to Germany. So what was it we saw?

By: Jason Wallace

Jason Wallace — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:21:49 +0000

ive heard that there is a plan for the new Zeppelin NT that has the capabilities to carry 40 passengers and their luggage and are to connect ten cities through out Europe it would be absolutley amazing if this happend if anyone has any info on this please inform me i would be much obliged thanx

yours sincerely Jason Wallace

By: Robert McArthur

Robert McArthur — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:49:18 +0000

Outstanding … and rare shots. Thanks again for all the hard work on the site.

By: Jason Wallace

Jason Wallace — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:13:22 +0000

Here you go Robert it is a great sight and there is countless hours of footage Graf flying down to rio parts 1-4 etc etc

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=20701

Hope you enjoy the vids and let me no what you think.
Cheers Jason Wallace.

By: Jason Wallace

Jason Wallace — Mon, 24 May 2010 08:05:24 +0000

I also have another post second from the top it has LZ-130 trialflights and the tragic death of Dr Hugo Eckener +many hours of Zeppelin footage Graf Zeppelin,Hindenburg etc etc …
If anyone finds any new info on Zepps please let me know

yours sincerely Jason wallace

By: Jason Wallace

Jason Wallace — Fri, 21 May 2010 09:29:00 +0000

dear David thanks for your interesting remark on my inquiries if you find any info i would be more than happy to know about it. i myself am an airship fanatic im crazy about them as what they once were and as to what they can still be!! i mean yeah sure an airship like the hindenburg even with helium its design might not pass the modern aviation safety standards despite the fact it would be truly amazing but as far as the concept it self goes it is far safer far grander and in general a much more pleasant experience than that of a modern air liner eg: we have been travelling by sea for many centuries and there has been many tragedys eg TITANIC etc etc and not to mention airtravel by plane how many tragedys have their been millions upon millions and yet we still build and perfect them and fly in them. you see my point surely yes they have a fail safe glide design but they generally still crash on an airship how ever if one engine fails you can still continue the pleasant voyage and as many as 3 engines could die you could still travel safely to a degree if the nessescary precautions were taken wich they did do. they would be much more fuel efficient as we have lighter stronger materials and better fuel saving technology for power better yet being a rigid frame with further development they could be run on solar and with ready available helium its not just fantasy. Early zeppelin travel started off with excursion flights much the same as they are doing now with the Zeppelin NT’s and it took one man with enough motivation and spirit and Determination to make his dreams a reality that man was Dr Hugo Eckener. so imagine Zeppelin NT’s twice or 3 times the size flying the vast oceans and lands of the world in a similar fashion to our Aeroplane class system Economy, Business etc etc all they need is development and someone with enough motivation,determination and passion to drive the concept forwards and once again fill the skies with Grace,majesty and power and an all inspiring AWWWWWWWWWW!!!. I hope to one day bring my dreams into solid reality but for now untill i get the chance all i can do is dream Dream of what a great world it would be with international freindships in support of the cause as it was back in the Golden Age Of Air Travel so on that note you can ponder my response and i hope you to can dream of a world such as mine. I look forward to hearing from you again and if you have any additional info i would be mor ehtan happy to hear about it as a new Golden Age Of Air Travel is on the horizon as one day i hope airships/Zeppelins may asccend into glory and pioneer the globe once more as i said the dream is not dead and the concept is most certainly alive perhaps more than ever so i look forward to hearing from you soon Cheers Jason wallace