Comments on: Graf Zeppelin’s Interior: The Gondola

By: Jason Wallace

Jason Wallace — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:36:01 +0000

Dear Amy there has now been info on a ZEP DINNER on the site enjoy

By: Keith Roberts

Keith Roberts — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:37:32 +0000

Hi John from the UK! I now have 3 of the known 4 versions of this wonderful badge. The colours that I have are mid-yellow, a dark brown, the same mid-green one that you acquired, and I’m now chasing the final, light blue one! I’m told there were 2 different manufacturers, but all my badges bear the ‘FLL’ logo on the back – This is for Friedrich Linden, of Ludenscheid, a city north of Koln, (Cologne). My research is not vast so far, but I’ve talked to UK dealers who say that neither they, nor their suppliers in Germany, know what, if any, significance applies in the colours used. I’ll keep digging too! Best Regards!

By: John Abbet

John Abbet — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:42:02 +0000

I purchased a crew member’s badge from the Graf Zeppelin last year at an antique shop, and it came along with a post card showing just the airship itself. I was trying to find out when the badge was from or which crew members might have worn it, but so far I haven’t found any information. It’s apparently very early, perhaps 1929. The badge has a picture of the Graf flying over water surrounded by the name of the airship framed in green. I don’t know if the green means anything or not. Not sure if you could help, but if you know anything that would be great. Thanks.

-John

By: Amy Jo

Amy Jo — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:50:42 +0000

Does anyone have any information about a dinner that was given in Los Angeles in honor of the Graf’s visit to the city?

By: jessica phillips

jessica phillips — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:00:27 +0000

HI I have what I believe is an original canvass oil painted advertisement of a Graf Zeppelin ” it reads Nach Sudamerika in 3 Tagen!” and has LZ HAPAG emblem. I bought it in a french junk shop because my husband loves airships I wondered if these were rare or if it is worth anything it has hung on our wall a long time.

By: Fernando Carral

Fernando Carral — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:47:39 +0000

Es famoso aqui en Buenos Aires y Montevideo el viaje del Zeppelin a estos lugares, tambien lo son las fotografias tomadas con él y el Palacio Salvo en Uruguay y con el Palacio Barolo en Argentina.
Me imagino que desde el dirigible, sus pasajeros deben haber tomado una infinidad de fotografias, ¿alguien sabe de alguna?
Trabajo para el Barolo y seria un sueño encontrar una foto aerea del mismo tomada en esa epoca

By: Luis M. Moreno

Luis M. Moreno — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:08:32 +0000

Los dirigibles tipo Zeppelin demostraron, a pesar de sus entonces primitivos medios de navegación y pilotaje, que eran unas excelentes aeronaves con grán futuro en la aviación.Saludos.
Luis

By: Dan (Airships.net)

Dan (Airships.net) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:36:56 +0000

Crew quarters were along the keel, inside the hull.

By: Jon Kent

Jon Kent — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:22:55 +0000

A fascinating documentary very well put together although some of the shots, perhaps, of doubtful provenance. The cameraman wearing straw boater on the skyscraper shot;may be genuine, or may not, as I can’t remember the full scenario of the Buster Keaton film ‘The camera man’. However, people in those days did have a devil may care view of safety us cosseted moderns may find hard to believe. Look at the shot of the rigger crawling along the top of Graf Zeppelin with just a slack rope to hold onto to stop him tumbling to his death. Or the guys who climbed down into the engine cars-no safety harness’s then!
One question I have about Graf Zeppelin-where did the crew sleep or eat off duty?

By: Dan (Airships.net)

Dan (Airships.net) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:40:27 +0000

There were no crew bunks nor crew mess along the axial corridor, and in fact the riggers were the only members of the crew allowed to access that area.