Saturday, April 3, 2010

Near head-on with the Graf Zeppelin


Magnificence in the air!

Whilst aeroplanes of the bi- and mono-winged nature circle the gaseous airship and pilots leaned out over their fuselages, clicking perhaps 4 x 5 Speed Graflex camera shutters at the wondrous phenomenon, the Graf glided, was taciturn, and posed willingly.

The ship was known as the LZ 127. Powered by five Maybach 650 HP engines, it coud reach a maximum speed of 80 MPH. The Graf briefly thrilled people around the world. It never crashed and burned.

(Search 'Zep' and 'Zeppelin' in the raccoon news)

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