Another interesting article!

[NB Digger]

Found this this morning and thought it was interesting!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060727/..._graf_zeppelin

Travis

[Frank-CT]

Interesting but wierd story.
Tha man who built the "Hindenberg" of the famous fire also built;
The Graf Zeppelin is considered the finest airship ever built. It flew more miles than any airship had done to that time or would in the future. Its first flight was on September 18, 1928. In August 1929, it circled the globe. Its flight began with a trip from Friedrichshaften, Germany, to Lakehurst, New Jersey, allowing William Randolph Hearst, who had financed the trip in exchange for exclusive rights to the story, to claim that the voyage began from American soil. Piloted by Eckener, the craft stopped only at Tokyo, Japan, Los Angeles, California, and Lakehurst. The trip took 12 days—less time than the ocean trip from Tokyo to San Francisco.