THIS SOUVENIR POST CARD OF THE RIGID AIRSHIP
"LOS ANGELES''
COMES TO YOU FROM THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY
EXHIBITION OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
Photograph Courtesy of
The Wingfoot Lighter-Than-Air Society
THE AIRSHIP (GERMAN LZ-126, NAVY ZR-3) WAS
BUILT BY THE ZEPPELIN COMPANY IN 1924 AND
FLOWN TO THE U.S. FROM OCTOBER 12 TO 15. IT
WAS THERE TURNED OVER TO THE NAVY AS PART
OF GERMAN WWI REPARATIONS. THE NAVY FLEW
IT OFFICIALLY UNTIL DECOMMISSIONING IN JUNE,
1932, AND UNOFFICIALLY UNTIL 1938. IT WAS
BROKEN UP ABOUT 1939. SPECIFICATIONS WERE:
LENGTH 658 FEET
DIAMETER 92 FEET
GAS VOLUME 70,000 CUBIC METERS
IT IS SHOWN FLYING OVER THE UNCOMPLETED
DOCK AT AKRON AIRPORT IN DECEMBER, 1929.
THE DOCK IS 1175 FEET LONG, 325 FEET WIDE
AND 211 FEET HIGH WITHOUT INTERIOR SUPPORT.
(THIS CARD IS FIFTH IN A SERIES)
CITY
NOV
12
1972
XX OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES MUNICH 1972
POST CARD
