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Danzig Report;  Airship versus Aeroplane.

Not a photo-montage, the real Graf Zeppelin shows up in Danzig.

Crouwds watch from the Bishopsberg as the Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin pass overhead. Flags where flying in the city as everyone turned out for this secial occasion. It was part of a three-day flight from Friedrichshafen beginning on 27.03.1936 and returning on the 30th.
See also following pages with some most interesting Zeppelin flights.

On the 27th of March, 1936. the citizens of Danzig were treated to an air show that they would never forget.The LZ 127 was already over the Rechstadt Rathaus before they realized the cause of the droning sound from the sky. Seeing the photos of the giant airship over Danzig the editor is reminded of his own experience when the Hindenburg came out of the western sky over Baltimore and flew up Riggs Avenue after being forced south by dangerous weather from Lakehurst, New Jersey. The multible engines sounded completely different from any that had ever been heard in this part of the country in the past. Glen L. Martin's flying boats were built and their engines were 'run up' in a river on the opposite end of town. And these powerful engines had never crossed this part of America prior to this exciting short visit. A coincidence was that it was the first time that we had been able to 'test-run' a pair of binaculars that our grandparents had brought back after visiting relatives in Biedenkopf auf Lahn.

Back in November of 1975 Danzig Report No. 6 carried a translation of Rubergs "Danzig Zeppelin Post: 1924-29". A section of that article is shown on page 10. It is an interesting insight into a lessor-known phase of Germany's post - World Wax One. U.S.A. reparations and the delivery journey of the airship designated ZR III (production no. LZ 126 and later named the "Los Angeles"). For the German builders, as well as the master of the airship, it was a very triumpal trip. It was the first time that an airship dared to cross the Atlantic, and, according to the program, easily accomplished this venture. CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

*-  Crowds watch from the Bishopsberg as the Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin pass overhead. Flags were flying in the city as everyone turned out for this special occasion. It was part of a three-day flight from Friedrichshafen beginning on 27.3.1936 and returning on the 30th.

Danzig Report 140, 2008, Page 8.