Front:
DEUTSCHLAND
Back:
EXH STA
RC.S.C.
NOV
1975
AKRONOH 44309
THIS SOUVENIR POST CARD OF THE
RIGID AIRSHIP
LZ 7, DEUTSCHLAND
COMES TO YOU FROM THE
55TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF
THE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR SOCIETY
THE GERMAN AIRSHIP, DEUTSCHLAND (LZ 7), WAS THE
FIRST PASSENGER SHIP OF THE GERMAN AIRSHIP
TRANSPORT CO., A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP
CO. THE FIRST PASSENGER FLIGHT WAS JUNE 10. 1910. THE
DEUTSCHLAND MADE SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS BE-
TWEEN FRANKFURT, BADEN-BADEN AND DUSSELDORF,
BEFORE CRASHING IN THE TEUTOBURGER FOREST JUNE
28, 1910. FURNISHED WITH A LUXURIOUS CENTRAL CABIN
AND RESTAURANT, THE LZ 7 WAS THE FORERUNNER OF
THE GREAT PASSENGER ZEPPELINS.
THE DEUTSCHLAND WAS POWERED BY THREE 120 HP
ENGINES, GIVING HER A SPEED OF 37.5 MPH. OTHER DIMEN-
SIONS WERE
LENGTH 485 FEET
DIAMETER - 46 FEET
GAS CAPACITY - 680,000 CUBIC FEET
(THIS CARD IS TWELFTH IN A SERIES)
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