The Graf Zeppelin landed back in Lakehurst, N.J., the morning of Aug. 29, 1929. Flying time for the around-the-world flight was 12 days, 12 hours and 13 minutes.

Summary and Top 4 Points: The Graf Zeppelin, Germany's first aircraft carrier, was laid down in 1936 but never entered service due to internal disputes, skepticism, and war priorities. -Designed ...

Graf Zeppelin navigator Max Prüß uses a sextant to find a Sun line of position during a record-setting, around-the-world flight in 1929. (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution ...

After completing the first ever transatlantic airship flight in October 1928, the majestic Graf Zeppelin, a 776-foot gleaming dirigible, was greeted with fanfare wherever it flew; its lighter-than ...

The Graf Zeppelin, model number LZ-127, was similar to, but slightly smaller than, the infamous Hindenburg, LZ-129, which would catch fire and explode at Lakehurst on May 6, 1937.

This version has been updated. On December 8, 1934, the Graf Zeppelin departed from Germany bound for Brazil at the height of the Christmas season.

Film which uses the letters and diaries of passenger Lady Grace Drummond-Hay and archival footage to document the Graf Zeppelin airship's circumnavigation of the globe in 1929. Show more In 1929 ...

A NEW Zeppelin airship, LZ-129, is now nearing completion in Germany (Science Service, June 6), and if satisfactory will be put into service as a sister ship to the Graf Zeppelin, now operating ...

Graf Zeppelin had a design speed of thirty-five knots, which would have made it the fastest carrier ever built (although it’s not at all clear that the final ship could have made that speed).