L 130 (GRAF ZEPPELIN) CHRISTENED AND ITS TRIAL RUN - SOUND

(16 Sep 1938)
After Dr. Hugo Eckener has christened the Ll30 she starts on her trial flight commended by Hans von Schiller. The ship is called the Graf Zeppelin. Good shots of the air ship. Swastika very prominent on tail.Good Shots of.Swastike very prominent on rail.
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[@FrankyboyLegend]

Really interesting to see its take-off. Being brought out in the same manner as the Hindenburg was in March 1936, though this takeoff seems a bit slower. The shot with the dust trailing off and the ship flying into the fog is really cool - it also happened to the Hindenburg but wasn't filmed much.

[@Spacekriek]

I also enjoyed watching the dust fly off- zeppelin "newbies" might think it is smoke or whatever. Somewhere on the internet I ran into a photo of the Hindenburg's first flight where you can see the dust that accumulated on the cover being blown off.

[@stanleyban]

This film footage really gives you the scope of these airships' immense size and awesome technology from that time!!

[@mikemaples7236]

WOW!!!! How AMAZING to finally see her!!! These ships were so majestic and beautiful. At first I thought it was The Hindenberg. THANK YOU for posting this!

[@NaenaeGaming]

Mike Maples The Graf Zeppelin II was a Hindenburg Class Zeppelin after all

[@nealsausen4651]

@@NaenaeGaming : you can usually tell the difference between the Graf Zeppelin (2?! /DLZ-130) aside from the “font” of the name on the hull, The Hindenburg had her props at the REAR of the Nacelle While the DLZ-130 Had her props positioned at the front of the nacelles. Just look for the Placement or position of the props - propellers!

[@NaenaeGaming]

@@nealsausen4651 true, I believe if you look closely at the windows you can also see that they’re positioned differently - I heard that Graf Zeppelin II’s were slightly lower than Hindenburg’s

[@Victorseafog]

I like the footage and idea but none of these monstrosities regardless of county was a success. Wow they all end up in big trouble and smashed to bits in weather , or worse like the Hindenburg. They were not majestic when caught in a micro burst or violent downdraft they were sitting ducks to meet earth hard.

[@charleswatson1093]

@@Victorseafog Your information is in error. In 1909 the DELAG company (Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft) was formed as the world's first airline. It used a fleet of Zeppelin rigid airships for passenger flights within Germany. By July 1914 DELAG's Zeppelins had transported a total of 34,028 passengers on 1,588 commercial flights covering 172,535 kilometres across 3,176 hours of flight without injury to a passenger. The company's airships were requisitioned by the German military during the First World War. The original Graf Zeppelin (completed in 1928) was the most successful aircraft of her time, and never suffered an accident, let alone a fatality. It was a tragedy when she was broken up in 1940 by the Nazis for her duralumin. She had made a hundred and forty-four transatlantic crossings and flown more than a million miles.

[@royalmason1539]

This is Graf Zeppelin 2, sister ship of the Hindenberg. An airship that rarely flew after the Hindenberg disaster. Graf Zeppelin 1 (the famous ship) did not have a swastika until the end of its career after the Nazi's forced Eckener to place it on the tailfins. Eckener was not a fan of the Nazis.

[@jimzeleny7213]

Imagine a shift as an engine mechanic riding in one of those pods. The suicidal descent by ladder into the pod and the inevitable deafness from the racket from the engine.

[@davef.2329]

Absolutely fascinating! That must have been breathtaking to see and hear in person.

[@mikemarra9979]

Fantastic - thanks for posting this - really enjoyed it!

[@rickzitarosa]

Eckener was actually in command on the First trial flight. Von Schiller joined for a few flights afterward before making a decision to leave the Zeppelin organization in November 1938 to take a position as Director of the Port Of Cologne. Of the things he disagreed with Eckener at this point was that they *must* have helium; some 38 years later Von Schiller wrote me that helium would be "much too expensif" and that the ship would be a huge "White Elephant" trying to justify itself economically. Anybody who has ever carefully researched the "numbers" of passenger airship operation (especially in the context of transoceanic operation in competition with airplanes) would come to the same conclusion. Eckener himself said so in 1946 when he came to America on a U.S. Army Force C-54 from Frankfurt to New York in 22 hours and shrugged "What has the *airship* today got to offer the *modern businessman in a hurry?*"

[@wasweiich9991]

While it is true that back then the airship would not be viable - totday it could be very possible, considering the new materials and technology. While the main problem still is the lifting gas, once we hve fusion reactors that can fuse hydrogen atoms to helium, thism ight also be a shrinking problem. Or if we find a way to make hydrogen stable enough. Technically, hydrogen is not a very dangerous gas. it only is when it comes in contact with oxygen. With todays anti static materials, i believe that many problems could be at least minimized, even with hydrogen. As for what do airships have to offer? In a world that gets always fasterand faster - exactly that: a slower, more relaxed alternative of travel. One that allows for actual enjoyment of the travel, to get to know people and maybe some of their stories or simply to get away from the business of the rest of the world.

[@NaenaeGaming]

@@wasweiich9991 in addition to the benefits you named, I imagine a market is out there for airship cruises, taking advantage of said slower paced travel, whilst also being able to traverse over land rather than being confined to the water. In addition, today’s modern technology may allow airships to become a form of green transport, with its lower energy requirements, as well as proposals to use airships in remote cargo operations (although these are yet to come to fruition)

[@wasweiich9991]

@@NaenaeGaming Also Zeppelins and airships are used in Arctic expeditions. The Zeppelin NT for example is also used for sensitive equiplement and such as its flight is very calmly.

[@mjproebstle]

amazing!! thank you for posting. cheers!

[@richardcurry4912]

Masterpiece!

[@ZeppelinR101]

The last of the last.

[@awuma]

Was that Eckener's voice at the beginning?

[@nealsausen4651]

I believe so sounded like him

[@nathanalthair1487]

Wow

[@jgrab1]

This is the Graf Zeppelin II, not the Graf Zeppelin.

[@wasweiich9991]

Technically, both vnames are correct, as there was no number behind the name on the ship itself.

[@FrankyboyLegend]

Technically the correct name is "Graf Zeppelin". At one point the name was to be "Graf Zeppelin 2" as seen in a banner in the ring assembly shed, but as it became apparent the original Graf Zeppelin would be required, no additional numeral was considered necessary. Only modern literature calls it "Graf Zeppelin II" - contemporary literature referred to it as "the new Graf Zeppelin" ("der neue Graf Zeppelin").

[@artworkbysteve1]

THE FIRST ZEPPELIN with the Name Graf Zeppelin was numbered D-LZ 127 This GRAF ZEPPELIN HAS THE NUMBER D LZ 130 . This one here in the video is essentially the same as the Hindenburg except propellers are different .

[@dimitristsekeris1821]

Why hasn't anyone brought those back until now? If someone was doing so in the modern period people would be crazy about it.

[@divisioneight]

Great point. They would indeed be loved today as a alternative to the typical airliner. Travel in one of these was civilized and and comfortable. Not like today's airline experience which is akin to riding a commuter train to work. If they build it, they will come.

[@awuma]

@@divisioneight Their payload is extremely small compared with their size and costs of construction and operation. They are also really slow, cruising at under 100 mph. Still, what majestic, magnificent craft the Graf Zeppelins were!

[@7775Kevin]

Not cost effective

[@crazyleyland5106]

I feel that they would work well as pleasure aircraft. Around the size of the earlier passenger Zeppelins, but allowing for helium being less buoyant. Bigger hull or smaller passenger load. Providing pleasure flights rather than a scheduled airline service, their slowness wouldn't matter, and it also wouldn't matter if they had to be grounded due to the weather.

[@Gaxbiez]

It’s so cool they have footage of your mom

[@anthonycurr3161]

Punani

[@Gaxbiez]

@@anthonycurr3161 Rat

[@RAINALEXIS-x3d]

LZ129 is large

[@raymondrochajr9621]

And then the same thing happened to the Mighty Zeppelin when John Bonham lost his life in a way. They were the biggest band in the world at the time of his passing. But their Might remains in memory. It would have been awesome if they had an airship of this size!

[@zuutlmna]

We should build these again! -Safer, modernized, of course. When I come across $450 million USD, plus about $150 million USD to cover a shed cost, I'll make a few phone calls and see what I can do.

[@guywithacreativename5134]

Yeah, they are wonderful and can make travels better.

[@viktik1946]

much less money

[@Hi_There_8]

The enemies are being reinforced by a Airship!

[@luzrangivelazquessalamanca7067]

Antes de que resetearon la humanidad

[@rachelp.6594]

Their lots of pictures of the Hindenburg

[@divisioneight]

This was the Graf Zeppelin 2 - sistership to the Hindenburg. This was probably filmed around 1937-38 after the Hindenburg's crash at Lakehurst.

[@Victorseafog]

Really amazing to see how these Nazi ever thought these huge rigid dirigibles were a good idea. So much man power for such a pointless flying machine. I guess it is size that matters but like most of the Nazi transport/motorized machines a bad idea , other than propaganda what was the purpose?

[@okroshka7]

Airplanes of the time couldn't fly across the ocean. Airships could.