Germany 1928 Zeppelin Lz 127 First North America Flight Card - LOTTO/42249Germany 1928 Zeppelin Lz 127 First North America Flight Card

10/10/1928 GERMANY - FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (Bodensee) - Luftpost, first voyage to North America of the airship Lz 127. Card franked with a 2 mark stamp (Cat. A36), with the New York arrival postmark. (The flight was made with great difficulty owing to bad weather, under the direction of Dr Hugo Eckener; the route, lengthened to 9,926 km, was covered to the limit of the airship's range in 111 hours and 44 minutes at a speed of 89 km/h.) Very fine and sound - Lotto/42249 WE WELCOME OFFERS