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- Souvenir Booklet, "The Log of the Graf Zeppelin," 1930 - This booklet commemorates the around-the-world flight of Germany's <em>Graf Zeppelin</em> in 1929. The airship flew east from Lakehurst, New Jersey, on August 8 and returned to Lakehurst from the west on August 29, having covered 20,651 miles in three weeks. The voyage, partly financed by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, brought press attention to airship travel.
- 08 August 1929-29 August 1929
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Souvenir Booklet, "The Log of the Graf Zeppelin," 1930
This booklet commemorates the around-the-world flight of Germany's Graf Zeppelin in 1929. The airship flew east from Lakehurst, New Jersey, on August 8 and returned to Lakehurst from the west on August 29, having covered 20,651 miles in three weeks. The voyage, partly financed by newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, brought press attention to airship travel.
- Airship "Graf Zeppelin" Arriving at Lakehurst, New Jersey Naval Hangar, August 4, 1929 - Launched in 1928, Germany's <em>Graf Zeppelin</em> was the most successful of the passenger airships that provided intercontinental service during the 1930s. It made 590 flights and traveled more than a million miles in its nine-year career. Despite its exemplary safety record, <em>Graf Zeppelin</em> was retired following the loss of the airship <em>Hindenburg</em> in 1937.
- August 04, 1929
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Airship "Graf Zeppelin" Arriving at Lakehurst, New Jersey Naval Hangar, August 4, 1929
Launched in 1928, Germany's Graf Zeppelin was the most successful of the passenger airships that provided intercontinental service during the 1930s. It made 590 flights and traveled more than a million miles in its nine-year career. Despite its exemplary safety record, Graf Zeppelin was retired following the loss of the airship Hindenburg in 1937.
- Letter from Edsel Ford to Ligue Internationale Des Aviateurs, February 6, 1930 - The Ligue International des Aviateurs (the International League of Aviators) awarded annual trophies to outstanding aviators and aeronauts beginning in 1926. Each year, the League solicited opinions from well-known individuals with ties to aviation, such as Edsel Ford, to help select trophy recipients. Ford suggested honoring Dr. Hugo Eckener and Lieutenant James Doolittle for their aeronautical feats in 1929.
- February 06, 1930
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Letter from Edsel Ford to Ligue Internationale Des Aviateurs, February 6, 1930
The Ligue International des Aviateurs (the International League of Aviators) awarded annual trophies to outstanding aviators and aeronauts beginning in 1926. Each year, the League solicited opinions from well-known individuals with ties to aviation, such as Edsel Ford, to help select trophy recipients. Ford suggested honoring Dr. Hugo Eckener and Lieutenant James Doolittle for their aeronautical feats in 1929.