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HUGO ECKENER HANDWRITTEN QUOTE SIGNED, GRAF ZEPPELIN, USS LOS ANGELES, AIRSHIPS
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THE FAMOUS COMMANDEROF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN SPEAKS FORCEFULLY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AVIATION: “THEDEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT WILL OVERCOME THE BARRIERS BETWEEN PEOPLES….”HUGO ECKENER(1868-1954) HANDWRITTEN QUOTE SIGNED,
“Hugo Eckener”, on a card 4.5 x 3.5,January 31, 1928, Friedrichshafen (where the Zeppelin factory was located), by the German aviation pioneer who became an airship captain for
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin’s company
, trained German WWI airship pilots, headed the Zeppelin company after WWI,
commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin
for most of its record-setting flights, including the 1928 first intercontinental passenger airship flight and the 1929 first airship flight around the world (the only such flight by an airship), built the LZ-126, later christened the
USS Los Angeles
for the U.S. Navy, as part of Germany’s war reparations. His handwritten statement, in full:
“The development of transport will overcome the barriers between peoples, slowly and reluctantly, but surely.”
This wonderful piece of airship/aviation history is in fine condition, with minor age toning.
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