photax
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Post by photax on Dec 31, 2009 13:37:17 GMT -5
Hi ! Johnny, these pictures are for you. The 12.July 1931 was a “red letter”-day for Vienna ( they named it “Zeppelin Sunday “), because thousands and thousands of people expected the arrival of the Zeppelin LZ 127, named after the inventor “Graf Zeppelin”, at the airfield Aspern in Vienna. The Viennese just call it “the big cigar” these days. The LZ 127 was piloted by the legendary Dr.Hugo Eckener, who was the follower of Count Zeppelin himself. The LZ 127 ( LZ stands for Luftschiff / Airship Zeppelin ) was built in 1928 and was 237 meters ( 9331 inch ) long, had a diameter of 30,5m ( 1200 inch ) and was equipped with five german made Maybach-engines ( each 530 PS ). The maximum speed was 115 km/h ( 71,5mph ). The last picture shows also the LZ 127 in the Viennese sky, but it has been taken 1929, as the Zep just flew over the town, without landing. MIK
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Post by photax on Jan 9, 2010 12:13:02 GMT -5
I found this one while sorting last years pictures: The leftovers of a Retina 118 Type, found at the site of the LZ 129 “Hindenburg” crash in Lakehurst 1937, New Jersey. It was owned by the German machine operator Robert Moser, who died during the explosion. The camera is displayed at the German Zeppelin-Museum. A sad evidence of the last days of Zeppelin aviation. MIK
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Post by PeterW on Jan 10, 2010 22:21:00 GMT -5
Mik, As you say, a sad reminder of May 1937. Robert Moser, aged only 23, who owned the Retina was, it seems, passionate about photography. There's a photograph and piece about him, in English, on facesofthehindenburg.blogspot.com/2008/12/robert-moser.html Another site, for those who read German, is about all the cameras, six of them, that were recovered from the wreckage of the Hindenberg, but Moser's Retina gets the most coverage. www.3d-historisch.de/Zeppelin-Retina/Hindenburg-Kameras.htmPeterW
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