26 Aug 1929

United States
  • German airship Graf Zeppelin departed Mines Field, Inglewood, California bound for Lakehurst, New Jersey as part of her Round-the-World flight. Due to a morning inversion layer, the 776-foot-long airship had trouble gaining altitude and dug her tail into the ground causing minor damage. ww2dbase [Mines Field | Inglewood, California | DS]
26 Aug 1929 Photos
Screws and stern of the cruiser Northampton on the ways ten days before her launching, Bethlehem Steel Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, 26 Aug 1929. Note the man standing on the scaffold next to the propeller shaft.German airship Graf Zeppelin seen moored to a temporary mooring mast at Mines Field, Inglewood, California after arriving from Japan on her around-the-world flight, 26 Aug 1929. Photo 1 of 2.German airship Graf Zeppelin seen moored to a temporary mooring mast at Mines Field, Inglewood, California after arriving from Japan on her around-the-world flight, 26 Aug 1929. Photo 2 of 2.The Goodyear blimp alongside German airship Graf Zeppelin moored at a temporary mooring mast at Mines Field, Inglewood, California after arriving from Japan on her around-the-world flight, 26 Aug 1929.

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