OF THE RIGID AIRSHIP
"HINDENBURG"
COMES TO YOU FROM
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
CITY STAMP
RUBBER
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE FILES OF THE
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
NOV
11
1972
CLUB
EXH
ΕΧΗ,
AKRON, OH
THIS AIRSHIP (ZEPPELIN COMPANY DESIGNATION LZ-12
WAS FIRST LAUNCHED MARCH 4, 1936, AND MADE
SEVERAL SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FROM
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AND FRANKFURT TO LAKEHURST AND
RIO DE JANEIRO. THE LAST TRIP ENDED AT LAKEHURST
ON MAY 6, 1937 WHEN FIRE COMPLETELY DESTROYED
IT JUST AS IT WAS LANDING. THIRTEEN OF 36 PASSEN-
GERS AND 22 OF 61 CREW, TOGETHER WITH ONE
GROUND CREWMAN WERE LOST.
DIMENSIONS WERE:
LENGTH 825 FT. (LEHMANN)
MAXIMUM DIAMETER - 137 FT.
GAS VOLUME - 190,000 CU. METERS
(THIS CARD IS SEVENTH IN A SERIES)
STA,
XX OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES MUNICH 1972
