Comments on: Graf Zeppelin History http://www.airships.net The Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, U.S. Navy Airships, and other Dirigibles Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:03:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: jennb http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-39632 jennb Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:56:27 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-39632 hello: i have been looking for movies that deal with zeppelins. i got master of the world, zeppelin with michael york and the lost zeppelin. i have been also looking for a couple on amazon of the film farewell. they don't carry it yet. when is it going to be on amazon? thanks jennb hello:

i have been looking for movies that deal with zeppelins. i got master of the world, zeppelin with michael york and the lost zeppelin. i have been also looking for a couple on amazon of the film farewell. they don’t carry it yet. when is it going to be on amazon?

thanks

jennb

]]> By: Stan McNabb http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-39267 Stan McNabb Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:14:43 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-39267 While I was checking some old not-mailed nor written on postcards, I found that I have the exact same postcard of the L. A. as displayed second up from the USS Los Angeles statistics…signed by the photographer (Rell Clements, Jr. copyright 1928–Photo #4). It appears that the photo in the above picture is #3. Also, I have four postcards (not written on or mailed) of the Graf Zeppelin…a. taking off from the mat, b. on the deck by hanger, c. shot of the tail section taken from inside the hanger while the L. A. is several feet out of the hanger, and d. a picture of the kitchen. The kitchen picture has a copyrighted signature by H. Metz. Anybody know what these postcards might be worth? Stan McNabb former PAC, ZPG-2 at ZP-3, NAS Lakehurst 1958-61 While I was checking some old not-mailed nor written on postcards, I found that I have the exact same postcard of the L. A. as displayed second up from the USS Los Angeles statistics…signed by the photographer (Rell Clements, Jr. copyright 1928–Photo #4). It appears that the photo in the above picture is #3. Also, I have four postcards (not written on or mailed) of the Graf Zeppelin…a. taking off from the mat, b. on the deck by hanger, c. shot of the tail section taken from inside the hanger while the L. A. is several feet out of the hanger, and d. a picture of the kitchen. The kitchen picture has a copyrighted signature by H. Metz. Anybody know what these postcards might be worth?
Stan McNabb
former PAC, ZPG-2 at ZP-3, NAS Lakehurst 1958-61

]]> By: Lee Eisinger http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-38594 Lee Eisinger Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:01:00 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-38594 Hello, I have found a post card that was stamped with a German Airmail stamp and cancelled may 15, 1929 on the LZ 127 flight. My grandfather owned a restaurant in Akron Ohio during that time and Zeppelin pilots used to stay at his house. Hugo Eckener gave my grandfather a book on the Zeppelin that is of course all in German. He autographed the book with a personal message to my grandfather. I am going to let the Lighter than Air Society in Akron scan it if they can do so without damaging it. Does anyone have any idea of the value of these two items? Thanks Hello, I have found a post card that was stamped with a German Airmail stamp and cancelled may 15, 1929 on the LZ 127 flight. My grandfather owned a restaurant in Akron Ohio during that time and Zeppelin pilots used to stay at his house. Hugo Eckener gave my grandfather a book on the Zeppelin that is of course all in German. He autographed the book with a personal message to my grandfather.
I am going to let the Lighter than Air Society in Akron scan it if they can do so without damaging it. Does anyone have any idea of the value of these two items?
Thanks

]]> By: Larry http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-38307 Larry Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:39:38 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-38307 I have this photo of this airship over Davenport.Also a letter that was dropped from it to a Russian Icebreaker at the North Pole . I believe it to be The GS 127 in 1931 I have this photo of this airship over Davenport.Also a letter that was dropped from it to a Russian Icebreaker at the North Pole .
I believe it to be The GS 127 in 1931

]]> By: Susie Willis http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-37877 Susie Willis Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:06:33 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-37877 I have a copy of this book from 1932, which my father found while he was a doctor for the US Army in 1944. I wondered how all of the pictures were collected and an delighted to find out here. The book I have has 265 pictures. Someone must have smoked a lot! I have a copy of this book from 1932, which my father found while he was a doctor for the US Army in 1944. I wondered how all of the pictures were collected and an delighted to find out here. The book I have has 265 pictures. Someone must have smoked a lot!

]]> By: Francisco Carvallo http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-37565 Francisco Carvallo Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:39:03 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-37565 The Hindenburg (to my knowledge) never flew on the west coast. If it was 1935 it may have been (very early) 1935 one of the last flights of the USS Macon? The Hindenburg (to my knowledge) never flew on the west coast. If it was 1935 it may have been (very early) 1935 one of the last flights of the USS Macon?

]]> By: Hendrick Stoops http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-34577 Hendrick Stoops Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:22:40 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-34577 That part of the documentary is as far as I know fictional liberty on the part of the filmmakers. That part of the documentary is as far as I know fictional liberty on the part of the filmmakers.

]]> By: Hendrick Stoops http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-34576 Hendrick Stoops Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:17:54 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-34576 If the photo was in fact taken in 1935, then it could not have been the Hindenburg (which began North American service in 1936) If the photo was in fact taken in 1935, then it could not have been the Hindenburg (which began North American service in 1936)

]]> By: Ricky http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-33874 Ricky Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:24:43 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-33874 The Graf Zeppelin was fantastic. If there was no II World War and United States could sell helio to Germany. trasatlantic and transpacific flyth for general public would have been reality much earlier than what happened. The first airplanes that were confident for people to flyth across both occeans were enormeous hidroplanes Catalinas and the first capable plane tu land was de DC 4, not fiable for general peopple for such long flyth over the ocean. People had to wait for the Constelations, much faster than DC 4 and it appen several years later. The Graf Zeppelin was fantastic. If there was no II World War and United States could sell helio to Germany. trasatlantic and transpacific flyth for general public would have been reality much earlier than what happened. The first airplanes that were confident for people to flyth across both occeans were enormeous hidroplanes Catalinas and the first capable plane tu land was de DC 4, not fiable for general peopple for such long flyth over the ocean. People had to wait for the Constelations, much faster than DC 4 and it appen several years later.

]]> By: Pat http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/history#comment-33628 Pat Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:15:29 +0000 http://www.airships.net/wordpress/?page_id=78#comment-33628 Two years after my father in law's death, I finally investigated a huge chest of documents and pictures my husband brought back from San Francisco. I've barely made a dent but discovered an 8 x 10 photo of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 flying over San Francisco in August 1929. Photo was taken by "Captain Bill Royle" who I think might have been the pilot flying the plane hired by William Randolph Hearst to take pictures of that leg of the Around the World Flight. I spent all day researching and haven't seen that photo anywhere else. It was presented to my husband's grandfather -- a famous NBC orchestra leader in San Francisco in the 1920's and 1930's -- by Captain Royle in appreciation of his "masterful rendition of the "Shooting of Dan McGrew" I'd like to hear from anyone who might have similar photographs, stories, or who knows for sure who Captain Bill Royle was. Or for that matter, anyone who knows anything about NBC Viennese orchestra leader Josef Hornik Two years after my father in law’s death, I finally investigated a huge chest of documents and pictures my husband brought back from San Francisco. I’ve barely made a dent but discovered an 8 x 10 photo of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 flying over San Francisco in August 1929. Photo was taken by “Captain Bill Royle” who I think might have been the pilot flying the plane hired by William Randolph Hearst to take pictures of that leg of the Around the World Flight.

I spent all day researching and haven’t seen that photo anywhere else. It was presented to my husband’s grandfather — a famous NBC orchestra leader in San Francisco in the 1920′s and 1930′s — by Captain Royle in appreciation of his “masterful rendition of the “Shooting of Dan McGrew”

I’d like to hear from anyone who might have similar photographs, stories, or who knows for sure who Captain Bill Royle was. Or for that matter, anyone who knows anything about NBC Viennese orchestra leader Josef Hornik

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