http://www.metafilter.com/tags/lz-127 Posts tagged with 'lz-127' at MetaFilter. Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:21:54 -0800 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:21:54 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/53712/Around%2Dthe%2Dworld%2Don%2Da%2DDream%2DMachine <a href="http://www.oldbeacon.com/beacon/airships/grafzep.htm">Around the world on a Dream Machine</a> — 77 years ago, the <a href="http://www.altfrankfurt.com/Spezial/Zeppelin/Passagier/pic/Luftschiffhalle-Passagiere.jpg">giant</a> German airship <a href="http://www.altfrankfurt.com/Spezial/Zeppelin/GrafZeppelin/GrafZeppelin3.htm">LZ-127 <i>Graf Zeppelin</i></a> left <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h69000/h69168.jpg">Lakehurst, NJ</a> on an aerial <a href="http://www.oldbeacon.com/beacon/airships/images/grafzep-11.jpg">world</a> <a href="http://www.wingnet.org/rtw/rtw001j.htm">tour</a> sponsored by American media mogul <a href="http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/willh.html">William Randolph Hearst</a>. The airship's <a href="http://techno-science.net/illustration/Aero/Dirigeables/Dirigeable_Graf_Zeppelin_interieur.jpg">gondola</a> carried 20 passengers in high-tech <a href="http://www.pilotundluftschiff.de/Galerie001.htm">style</a>, including: U.S. Navy observer <a href="http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pers-us/uspers-r/c-rosndl.htm" title="The foremost U.S. airship commander.">Charles Rosendahl</a>; English <a href="http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10457496&wwwflag=3&imagepos=12">pilot</a>, Zeppelin <a href="http://www.airships.net/drummond.htm">frequent flyer</a>, and Hearst reporter <a href="http://www.lib.umd.edu/cgi-bin/labdetail.cgi?image=43.049" title="The only woman aboard.">Lady Grace Drummond-Hay</a>; and Japanese naval aviator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryunosuke_Kusaka" title="Later an Imperial Navy admiral and strategist of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.">Ryunosuke Kusaka</a>. The 41 crewmen were captained by <a href="http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19290916,00.html">Dr. Hugo Eckener</a>, Zeppelin <a href="http://www.germannotes.com/archive/article.php?products_id=386&osCsid=7bfb645dcee384ba4d0fff48e9978111">champion</a> and the world's <a href="http://records.fai.org/airships/aircraft.asp?id=612">best</a> <a href="http://www.airships.net/hugo-eckener.html">airship pilot</a>. The <a href="http://www.hydrogenus.com/advocate/ad22zepp.htm">hydrogen</a>-filled LZ-127 flew over the Atlantic to <a href="http://www.pilotundluftschiff.de/zzPL0755.jpg" title="Over its home city of Friedrichshafen.">Germany</a>, <a href="http://www.oldbeacon.com/beacon/airships/images/grafzep-6.jpg" title="LZ-127 shadow over Siberian forest.">Siberia</a>, <a href="http://www.oldbeacon.com/beacon/airships/images/grafzep-7.jpg">Japan</a>, over the Pacific to <a href="http://pacificbook.com/search/item.php?anr=149042&PHPSESSID=eb765e522339b9cefb3c5fc766e68441&PHPSESSID=eb765e522339b9cefb3c5fc766e68441" title="Golden Gate photo from Hearst's personal collection.">California</a>, across the <a href="http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1989/8/1989_8_48.shtml">United States</a>, and <a href="http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,737828,00.html">back to Lakehurst</a>. The 20,500 mile, 21-day flight—with 12 flying days at ~80 mph top speed—defined airship travel's <a href="http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/exhibits/haldick/haldick.html">golden age</a>. <small>[More inside]</small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.53712 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 07:21:54 -0800 1929 dirigibles flight graf lz-127 tour world zeppelin cenoxo