The Last Zeppelin - LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin

[@stanleyban]

This ship, The Graf Zeppelin was not only of massive size and awesome presence, but in my opinion one of the most beautiful airships ever built!! Thanks for posting and sharing this gem!!!

[@tomh6183]

True words and thoughts.Sad to think we will never experience them again

[@mikemaples7236]

They forever hold awe inspired emotions for me. Wish I could have seen one. I remember talking to a lady who was from Germany when I was a child and had asked her about them; "Oh yes, we'd look up and there they were; giants floating among us. Great silver queens of the air. I'll never forget it." I said to her, "Wow, you are so lucky!"

[@JoeLikesTrains]

Maybe one day we’ll see one. One day.

[@vibes8930]

If only there was a material that could successfully harness a vacuum... then they would be mighty monsters of the sky.

[@alonebysunset]

I can't explain what this video made me feel... I feel anemoia for the 1940s mainly, some music mostly triggers it, and one of my dreams is to own a private rigid airship. much like one of the Hindenburg class airships. that dream may one day become a reality due to the new and coming hybrid airships. they're said to overtake the Hindenburg class airships in the title of largest thing to ever fly. oh, how I wish I can see a new wave of rigid airships... I'm tearing up right now thinking about it

[@rongendron8705]

As much as I have been fascinated by Zeppelins all of my 75 years, (my first toy was a zeppelin & bi-plane connected together), I can't help but think that it was an extravagantly expensive way to only save about three days on an Atlantic crossing! I've crossed the Atlantic by ship, twice, once each way & it was a great experience & not cramped, as would be on a Zeppelin! p.s. The last living person to have traveled on the Hindenberg, a woman, died at 95 in 08/21!

[@FritzKraut]

But it had to be done to proof that it can be done by engineers. Even if expensive and a bit extravagant. Today we have space tourists. I consider it much more "extravagant".

[@terpodion]

There was nothing "cramped" about Zeppelin travel. With individual cabins, a lounge, smoking room and dining room it was luxury. It was nothing like flying on a modern jet. It was like riding on silk in the lap of luxury.

[@anunheardtruth3071]

@@terpodion The lounges were nice but the cabins were cramped and the showers were nothing more than a trickle.

[@Leepatrick3868]

It’s amazing watching this footage and at the same time looking over at my shelf where I have part of the valve rocker assembly from one of her DB 602 engines

[@Magnetron33]

I bet! That's an amzing story itself.Absolute engineering magnificence! It almost seems somewhat surreal now, Those interiors looked like a drafting nighmare. Looking at the film, I can barely comprehend it's enormity

[@archermarlon7553]

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[@leroybenjamin1640]

@Archer Marlon yup, I've been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself :D

[@nealsausen4651]

Yes, people who own parts or remnants artifacts of the actual zeppelins are very lucky. Indeed I myself have a 24 inch section of structural girder from the Hindenburg! It’s burnt black from the fire very interesting piece, very light very strong one of my prize possessions

[@Titan52berg]

Graf Zeppelin Iooked almost like the Hindenburg's identical twin with the exceptions of the fifth rear engine and the larger design of all the engines! Side by side, they would have been impressive sights in the sky! Great, streamlined silver giants gliding across countryside below! What magnificent sights they must have been!

[@701983]

LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin had 4 engines, like LZ 129 Hindenburg. The most visible difference was tractor propellers (LZ 130) instead of pusher propellers (LZ 129). You might have mixed it up with LZ 127, the first "Graf Zeppelin", with 5 engines.

[@raymonddussault5277]

THE GRAF ZEPPELIN ALWAYS FASCINATE ME EVER SINCE THE GOLDEN DAYS OF LED ZEPPELIN IN 1969.

[@7775Kevin]

Cool footage and images. Thanks for putting this together.

[@mgabrysSF]

Choice of music was great - a rarity since I usually loathe most selections.

[@jojoma4025]

Beautiful video what an amazing feat, all the transatlantic crossings and world tour. This record will likely never be matched. They were the masters of the airships.

[@mpetry912]

beautifully done, great research and excellent music choice. thank you !

[@locke11216]

What is that music I absolutely love it as is a wonderful video on the LZ 130 those ships were so magnificent I wish I'd lived back in that time to actually ride on one

[@alonebysunset]

thank you so much for posting this, Frank, you really made my day when I came across it.

[@normanpickford4863]

What a marvellous sight but I would rather see the R101 at my old RAF camp at Cardington Beds

[@TheWorld-of7dd]

What an awesome sight to behold for those who's seen it with their own eyes

[@johnmoulton9728]

Amazing creations, just wish I could have seen one

[@LoftBits]

...and they shall be back one day, with all their glory...ON VENUS!

[@willsco76]

The Hindneburg Class Zeppelins were the largest airships to ever fly. The DZR was working on an even larger airship during this time, but, Hitler, wanted war. In 1938, Nazi's invaded Poland and the shift focused on war and the Graf Zeppelin and the Graf Zeppelin 2 were dismantled.

[@roquefortfiles]

It was exactly the same design as the Hindenburg except the engine cars had the propellers on the front.

[@StarcleBlaze]

Wish it could’ve been preserved in its entirety

[@samanli-tw3id]

They could have turned the first Graf Zeppelin into a museum ship.

[@jgrab1]

Pieces of it, including the nose cone and one engine, exist in the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshaufen.

[@samanli-tw3id]

John Grabowski and why did they scrap her? To make metal for building tanks and planes?

[@jgrab1]

@@samanli-tw3id Yup. The Zeppelin Company survived the War and the aftermath by making pots and pans for cooking.

[@zuutlmna]

When the co. grounded the first Graf Zeppelin, it was not initially dismantled, but was, in rather museum-like fashion, put on exhibit as an educational/historical attraction, where guided tours were offered to the public, through the airship. Most likely, the tour operation was probably successful too, since the airship was world famous at that time.

[@zuutlmna]

@@jgrab1 Which was actually a sideline business to keep thing afloat during the slow business (earning) years, prior to WW1.. -Not enough Marks to build another airship, but do the "plan B" to keep people in the shops until things picked up..

[@richardcurry4912]

Masterpiece.

[@dougfinlay7528]

The Graf ll, Hindenburg, Macon and Akron were truly impressive. Would give almost anything to have seen them in person. However, a bit more than 3 years after the Graf's last flight the Lockheed Constellation made its first flight. Clearly, by the time this ship was built, it was terribly obsolete, regardless of hydrogen.

[@conveyor2]

Airplanes are more about A to B transport and not much more. Airships offered the chance to move around on board and get some sleep in actual beds.

[@jgrab1]

Two different markets. The Constellation could not transport 100 people in comfort at a leisurely pace. Many of the upper class of those days would not have flown on something like the Constellation.

[@sherwinfinlay9764]

Definitely different markets--tiny as those market were back then. However, the Constellation offered greater safety, though nothing like today's jets. Of the later rigid airships the Shenandoah, R101, Macon, Akron, and Hindenburg met tragic ends. The R100 and Graf Zeppelin 2 were broken up after very short lives. Only the rigid ships Los Angeles and Graf Zeppelin had somewhat lengthy service. The German passenger ships required heavy subsidy whereas the Constellation could make some money from wealthy who flew in it and once the plane became available for civilian service, they flocked to it. Often the Hindenburg flew with fewer paying passengers than capacity.

[@zuutlmna]

Cruise ships obsolete?

[@dougfinlay7528]

Hardly. But Ocean Liners, yes. Two different markets.

[@DividedByZeero]

The hindenburgs long lost sister She never met her but the Hindenburg ended public airships Graf zeppelin II carried on the legacy till 1940 The Hindenburg class was great but it never lasted long

[@NaenaeGaming]

Crazy Gaming The fact that the Graf Zeppelin II never met the Hindenburg reminds me of Titanic. One sank as soon as her career starts and her younger sister never gets to meet her.

[@David-ml1ji]

They should build another one of these

[@samanli-tw3id]

David Armstrong who will fly in it

[@David-ml1ji]

samanli2014 I’ll give it a go

[@zuutlmna]

@@samanli-tw3id I'd love to go on a cruise in an airship..

[@LoftBits]

I've often thought that if I were a billionaire, I would rather spend 00's of millions on an airship than on a boring yaht. Then again, it might turn out to be a very short-lived toy - unless Hugo Eckener rose from his grave to pilot my airship safely.

[@nikothecat9985]

@@LoftBits I’d do the same

[@DanielPerez-qn7rn]

Im going to cry.....

[@bor3549]

I wonder, in the covid age, what these queens would be like. Weight to lift to volume would mean plenty of room, aka ''social distancing" Modern materials=less weight. Chance to "get away" e.i trip across the Atlantic maybe a week, not like a cruiseship. Augment fuel with solar or maybe sails=more efficient/cheaper than jets.... Just a daydreamin.

[@mozambique9113]

Whats the point of them anymore? Except occasional luxury traveling?

[@flashlightbeam3487]

​@@mozambique9113Same question You can ask in refer to ocean liners cruise ships, but still newest are coming. Bigger and better.

[@tubelectron1667]

Nice document, indeed... How I would have travelled as a passenger in the LZ127 World Tour !

[@navigatorstrato7232]

she's so beautiful

[@danielvasquez4862]

This fells like something like TITANIC

[@mauserowi]

1990 Zeppelin NT its last zeppelin

[@701983]

You could say so (built by the Zeppelin Company). On the other hand, the Zeppelin NT is just a semi-rigid-airship. Not a real zeppelin in my opinion.

[@volkerleiste6191]

Grosse fliegende Phallussymbole. Aber ein letztendlicher technischer Irrweg. Luftschiffe entstanden, als Flugmotoren noch nicht die Betriebssicherheit hatten um ausreichend dynamischen Auftrieb zu gewährleisten und die Fragen des dynamischen Auftrieb noch nicht geklärt waren. Schon die Do X deutete die spätere Überlegenheit des Flugzeuges an. Kondtruktionen wie Boeing 317 hatten längst im Transatlantik Flugverkehr gleichgezogen. Lockheed L-049, Douglas DC4 etc hatten die Luftschiffe schon weit überholt...

[@Willburys]

Trotzdem sind Forschung Entwicklung durch Erfahrung im Leichtkonstruktionsbau unbezahlbar!

[@volkerleiste6191]

@@Willburys Ja, der Leichtbau hat hier grosse Fortschritte gemacht

[@kaua11malek68]

Lindo

[@TotalementenounNPC]

It was the hidenburg 2

[@nealsausen4651]

Beautiful ship!