2-369-437 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Zeppelin LZ 126 under construction, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 1924 (1933). LZ126 was built for the US military as part of the war reparations Germany was compelled to pay after World War I. After completion it was flown from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, New Jersey, taking 81 hours and 2 minutes to complete the journey. The airship was designated ZR-3 and named USS 'Los Angeles' and remained in service until being dismantled in 1940. A photograph from Zeppelin-Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zepplin 1932, Dresden, 1933.