Aerial Ambitions | Graf Zeppelin and Crossing the Atlantic

In the world of passenger air travel, nearly every major milestone was set by the German airship operation, DELAG. Its Zeppelins flew sightseeing trips across Germany in the years before the Great War, and its advanced Bodensee airliner proved the airship could fly a fixed schedule, through wind or rain. However, the airship was lost for Germany, along with the war, concluding with the Versailles treaty. The Zeppelin airship factory was no longer permitted to construct airships for use in Germany, nor was the private airline, DELAG, permitted to operate them. However, after a British airship built for the US Navy exploded, a new hope emerged for the Zeppelin enterprise.

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Article by: Mebble
Script by: Mebble
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[JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

Thanks. I love this part of aviation history. Great job.

[theromanorder]

Please do more converted passanger planes

And can you do audio books of those on your website (and ask tank encyclopedia) mabey even start a navy encyclopedia

[watcherzero]

I think if your doing videos in English it would be better to use Horse Power in Imperial units rather than PferdStarke in Metric. You dont see PS used as a unit of measure really in English.