OF THE RIGID AIRSHIP
"HINDENBURG"
COMES TO YOU FROM
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION
OF THE
RUBBER CITY STAMP CLUB
AKRON, OHIO
FROM A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE FILES OF THE
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
THIS AIRSHIP (ZEPPELIN COMPANY DESIGNATION LZ-129)
WAS FIRST LAUNCHED MARCH 4, 1936, AND MADE
SEVERAL SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS FROM
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AND FRANKFURT TO LAKEHURSTAND
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)
CITY ST
BURBER
NOR
12
1972
XXOLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES MUNICH 1972
ARRUN, ON
