By Zeppelin to Rio: The scheduled service to South America (1930 - 1937)
28.8.2021
LZ 127 Count Zeppelin ready for departure in the airship hangar in Friedrichshafen.
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
LZ 127 Count Zeppelin at the mooring mast in Recife, Pernambuco, 1930. Later, an extendable mast was erected, where the larger Hindenburg could also dock. The mast still exists today
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Passengers boarding the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
Unloading a two-seater motor aircraft from the large cargo compartment of the airship Graf Zeppelin at the landing site in Recife
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin over Rio de Janeiro. In the background, the Sugarloaf Mountain at the entrance to Guanabara Bay
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LZ 127 Count Zeppelin at the mooring mast at the landing site in Recife
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
Shadow of the airship over the African cliffs at Cape Juby on the southern coast of Morocco, east of the Canary Islands
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Encounter of LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin with the Monte Rosa, during which a bottle of champagne was handed over to the airship on a rope
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Crew members of the Graf Zeppelin (with Captains Max Pruss and Hans von Schiller in the center) are seen reading the latest news from Germany in a German magazine after landing in Recife
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A rare event was the encounter of the two airships LZ 127 and LZ 129 (seen here through the gondola window of LZ 127) over the South Atlantic. It only occurred twice, on November 7 and November 13, 1936
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