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1209:, used a strong, impulsive, broadband radio transmission for determining the "radio-weather", the best wavelengths to use for radio. These impulses severely disturbed their highly sensitive receivers in the 10â12 metre waveband. Breuning wrote that he repeatedly requested Martini to stop transmitting during the spy trips, to no avail. This made it impossible for the LZ 130 to investigate the very wavebands the British were using. An alternative account was given after the war by General Martini who had issued the orders for the espionage trip; he told British radar pioneer
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to wait while they thought of something. Shortly, the LZ 130 received instructions. They were to hide all the equipment on the ship and not to land at the usual well-lit landing point where a landing team was waiting, but to land at the other end where the "real" landing team was waiting. Once they had landed there, the technicians were to get off and they would be replaced by a unit of
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measurements. As a result, the passenger accommodations were modified to contain radio and measuring instruments. Part of the cover was to have the airship make public appearances at air shows ("Flying Days") and deliver mail. In addition to
Breuning's group of radio engineers (termed "Group R"), there were also a team of physicists from the
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that the airships were a potential hazard with the imminent war. On this day, the LZ 130 was removed from its hangar, turned around and re-entered the hangar in a position convenient for dismantling. By 1 September, the LZ 130 had its gas cells deflated and electrical equipment removed. Until
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disguised as civilian police aircraft, was flown over the Czech border for espionage purposes; some authors have deemed this to be unlikely, considering the speed difference between the two aircraft. This was the last time
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proposes a redesign of the engine car gondolas to tractor configuration for better efficiency, so that both sides of the gondola can act as radiators. Wind tunnel tests in
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disaster. Therefore, it was especially flown during thunderstorms. Flights during normal weather conditions brought no useful results. The ship was flown into the stormfront slack (gas cells under-inflated), to prevent the pressure-relief valves venting hydrogen. The trip lasted nearly 26 hours,
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to fly "for one year until 1 September 1939 without any transportation of passengers and outside of tropical areas". Dr. Ernst
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had one and a half, divided into four sections. The "A" deck consists of the dining room along the central rear section of the passenger quarters, slightly elevated from the "B" deck running along the upper promenade windows, which contained lounges, smoking room and the luxury cabins. Sixteen
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bursts into flames and crashes while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 35 out of 97 people on board and one member of the US Navy ground crew. Although the LZ 130 had intended to be launched later in the year with a passenger flight route to Rio de Janeiro on 27 October, the plan was
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s outer skin played a role in the ignition of hydrogen. As a result, the cords connecting the panels were treated with graphite to increase the outer covering's electrical conductivity. Other redesigns included the gas vent hoods, gondola windows and the landing wheel design.
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that German naval radar experiments were based on much higher frequency wavebands than the British were using, and that the scientists on board concluded that the signals which they were receiving were not connected with detection equipment.
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tests were performed. The airship's framework caused spurious reflections of radio signals, so a spy basket or "cloud car" was installed in the hull with radio equipment. This could be lowered on a steel cable below the cloud layer. Over
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and the unfinished framework of LZ 131, since the metal was needed to build other aircraft. By 27 April, work crews had finished disassembling the airships and recycled all the materials. On 6 May, the enormous airship hangars in
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s final design, giving more ground clearance. To further reduce weight, the girder shape and riveting were changed slightly. The four engine cars were initially designed and installed to have the same pusher configuration as the
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passenger cabins as well as the kitchen and passenger lavatories were located in Deck "C". Deck "D", on the rear side of the lower deck, contains the officer's mess, crew's mess and lavatories, as well as the electrical room.
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The "espionage trip" of 2 to 4 August 1939, taking over 48 hours and covering 4,203 km (2,612 mi), was the longest trip the LZ 130 made. The main goal was to secretly collect information on the British
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to be equipped to investigate this. New high-frequency receivers were installed, and an aerial array rigged underneath the gondola. With General Martini on board, the flight set course for
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was inflated with hydrogen and therefore never carried commercial passengers. It made 30 flights over 11 months in 1938â39, many being propaganda publicity flights; but staff of the
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pretending they had engine failure in order to investigate strange antenna masts. They drifted freely westwards over land and according to Breuning, saw for the first time the new
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was taking place. It remained there during 5 laps and broadcast a radio commentary before landing at the Flying Day events at Bielefield and MĂŒnster later that day.
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Breuning explained that the trip's results were negative, but not because the British radar was switched off, as Churchill wrote in his memoirs. The German General
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system for detecting aircraft. He suspected that the 110 m (350 ft) masts of the then-secret
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1622:"Why Did Graf Zeppelin Tour N-E. Coast?".
1093:According to the memoirs of Albert Sammt,
846:Reichsministerium fĂŒr VolksaufklĂ€rung und
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1315:Specifications (LZ129 Hindenburg class)
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1793:Colour footage of the LZ 130 in 1938
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938:2 July 1939 ; 18.40 landing at
62:adding citations to reliable sources
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1090:at 23:38, seen by very few people.
838:Sudetendeutsche Freiheitsfahrt 1938
756:(RLM) under the command of Captain
308:, the second and final ship of the
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1706:Bauer, Manfred, and Duggan, John.
1670:Zeppelin: Rigid Airships 1893â1940
1641:"The Prelude to War, 1937 to 1939"
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410:refused to supply helium, and the
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817:Sudetenland § Sudeten Crisis
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306:the period between the World Wars
1381:65,000 kg (143,300 lb)
840:, was made at the behest of the
694:at 13.15, and then flew towards
590:Although a banner with the name
565:â Inflation began on gas cells.
544:cancelled after the loss of the
492:was markedly different from the
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296:) was the last of the German
3780:Aircraft first flown in 1938
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1610:Zeppeline ĂŒber Hildesheim
1544:Archbold 1994, p. 206â207
1459:Dick & Robinson, 1986
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857:National Socialist Party
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1336:General characteristics
1163:transmissions. After a
1032:Bielefeld-MĂŒnster-Fahrt
404:Germany annexed Austria
390:could be inflated with
1518:Flight Log in Japanese
1501:Sammt, Albert (1994).
1146:Girdle Ness Lighthouse
1048:1939 German Grand Prix
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199:Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
73:"LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin"
3723:Fliegende Panzerfaust
3680:Zeppelin Flugzeugebau
1291:On 29 February 1940,
1261:Essen/MĂŒlheim Airport
1245:trip) 13 August 1939
1111:Supermarine Spitfires
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853:Propagandaministerium
830:8. âSudetenlandfahrtâ
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738:Messerschmitt Bf 109s
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517:Construction timeline
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1776:Zeppelin Study Group
1232:trip) 6 August 1939
604:) had been retired.
488:The interior of the
58:improve this article
1395:Daimler-Benz DB 602
1306:destruction of the
1253:Essen/MĂŒlheim-Fahrt
1182:very high frequency
873:Dein JA dem FĂŒhrer!
628:Operational history
400:President Roosevelt
380:Hindenburg disaster
205:Construction number
161:General information
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1441:List of Zeppelins
1281:Aviation Ministry
1257:Frankfurt am Main
1142:lighthouse keeper
861:befreiten Gebiete
710:. Over the outer-
692:Frankfurt am Main
680:Hans von Schiller
581:14 September 1938
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1186:Swabian German
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244:First flight
236:Manufactured
214:Registration
194:Manufacturer
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56:Please help
51:verification
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3002:Ersatz Z II
2928:Los Angeles
2871:Deutschland
1403:Performance
1391:Powerplant:
1236:27. and 28.
1223:25. and 26.
1140:was by the
1054:22. and 23.
1044:NĂŒrburgring
1004:17. and 18.
986:RAF Bawdsey
946:14. and 15.
933:12. and 13.
869:Sudetenland
834:Sudetenland
808:Flight 8 â
556:Ludwig DĂŒrr
463:Hindenburg,
459:Hindenburg'
453:instead of
444:water vapor
358:The LZ 130
3764:Categories
3539:aeroplanes
2987:Ersatz Z I
2913:Hindenburg
2847:Operator's
1844:Hindenburg
1830:Hindenburg
1691:References
1592:1854880276
1565:Sammt 1988
1322:The LZ130
1308:Hindenburg
1277:Königsberg
1249:29 and 30.
1158:Chain Home
1150:Scapa Flow
1131:Avro Anson
1103:spy basket
1088:Hildesheim
1077:Chain Home
978:Chain Home
901:spy basket
848:Propaganda
815:See also:
781:Hindenburg
762:Rhein-Main
716:Wadden Sea
546:Hindenburg
540:Hindenburg
534:6 May 1937
506:Hindenburg
502:Hindenburg
494:Hindenburg
471:Hindenburg
467:Hindenburg
440:Hindenburg
436:Hindenburg
432:Hindenburg
424:Hindenburg
420:Hindenburg
376:Hindenburg
364:Hindenburg
352:Hindenburg
311:Hindenburg
252:In service
185:Hindenburg
84:newspapers
3770:Zeppelins
2942:Nordstern
1361:Diameter:
1349:Capacity:
1330:Data from
1302:Frankfurt
1239:Egerfahrt
1207:Luftwaffe
1121:carrying
1066:Espionage
1036:Bielefeld
1018:planned.
998:Yorkshire
966:North Sea
940:Meiningen
797:Gauleiter
688:Stuttgart
339:Luftwaffe
335:duralumin
300:built by
255:1938â1940
2956:Schwaben
2864:Bodensee
2776:Post-war
1906:airships
1896:aircraft
1894:Zeppelin
1423:See also
1230:WĂŒrzburg
1107:Aberdeen
918:in 1939.
724:Bodensee
700:Eisleben
696:Eisenach
684:Bodensee
666:Augsburg
368:hydrogen
294:D-LZ 130
3738:ZSO 523
3733:ZMe 423
3728:ZMe 323
3575:VGO.III
3061:Army LZ
2949:Sachsen
2892:Esperia
2885:Dixmude
2817:Unbuilt
2750:X Class
2729:W Class
2668:V Class
2632:U Class
2611:T Class
2590:S Class
2493:R Class
2420:Q Class
2297:P Class
2275:O Class
2258:N Class
2186:M Class
2165:L Class
2148:K Class
2139:skipped
2133:J Class
2116:I Class
2074:H Class
2053:G Class
2027:F Class
2006:E Class
1989:D Class
1967:C Class
1946:B Class
1929:A Class
1920:numbers
1714:, 1996)
1367:Volume:
1355:Length:
1125:Leader
1040:MĂŒnster
1011:Görlitz
953:Leipzig
906:Stettin
865:Liberec
708:Hamburg
538:LZ 129
304:during
239:1936â38
231:History
223:Flights
218:D-LZ130
98:scholar
3718:Rammer
3661:Rs.III
3615:E.4/20
3570:VGO.II
3199:Navy L
3190:LZ 120
3185:LZ 113
3180:LZ 111
3175:LZ 107
3170:LZ 103
3165:LZ 101
3032:Z VIII
2973:Army Z
2832:LZ 128
2808:LZ 130
2803:LZ 129
2798:LZ 127
2793:LZ 126
2788:LZ 121
2783:LZ 120
2767:LZ 114
2762:LZ 113
2757:LZ 112
2741:LZ 104
2736:LZ 102
2720:LZ 111
2715:LZ 110
2710:LZ 109
2705:LZ 108
2700:LZ 107
2695:LZ 106
2690:LZ 105
2685:LZ 103
2680:LZ 101
2675:LZ 100
1755:
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1722:
1700:
1676:
1651:
1589:
1509:
1416:Range:
1345:ca. 40
1058:Kassel
1027:, and
734:Vienna
720:Minden
704:Berlin
662:Munich
602:LZ 127
536:â The
455:cotton
392:helium
317:LZ 127
208:LZ 130
100:
93:
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79:
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3706:Other
3666:Rs.IV
3656:Rs.II
3636:CL.II
3610:R.XVI
3600:R.XIV
3595:R.VII
3565:VGO.I
3160:LZ 98
3155:LZ 97
3150:LZ 95
3145:LZ 93
3140:LZ 90
3135:LZ 88
3130:LZ 87
3125:LZ 86
3120:LZ 85
3115:LZ 81
3110:LZ 79
3105:LZ 77
3100:LZ 74
3095:LZ 72
3090:LZ 39
3085:LZ 38
3080:LZ 37
3075:LZ 35
3070:LZ 34
3052:Z XII
3027:Z VII
3007:Z III
2920:Hansa
2856:Names
2823:LZ 70
2659:LZ 99
2654:LZ 98
2649:LZ 97
2644:LZ 96
2639:LZ 95
2623:LZ 94
2618:LZ 93
2602:LZ 92
2597:LZ 91
2581:LZ 90
2576:LZ 89
2571:LZ 88
2566:LZ 87
2561:LZ 86
2556:LZ 85
2551:LZ 84
2546:LZ 83
2541:LZ 82
2536:LZ 80
2531:LZ 79
2526:LZ 78
2521:LZ 76
2516:LZ 75
2511:LZ 74
2506:LZ 72
2501:LZ 62
2483:LZ 81
2478:LZ 77
2473:LZ 73
2468:LZ 71
2463:LZ 69
2458:LZ 68
2453:LZ 67
2448:LZ 66
2443:LZ 65
2438:LZ 64
2433:LZ 61
2428:LZ 59
2410:LZ 63
2405:LZ 60
2400:LZ 58
2395:LZ 57
2390:LZ 56
2385:LZ 55
2380:LZ 54
2375:LZ 53
2370:LZ 52
2365:LZ 51
2360:LZ 50
2355:LZ 49
2350:LZ 48
2345:LZ 47
2340:LZ 46
2335:LZ 45
2330:LZ 44
2325:LZ 43
2320:LZ 42
2315:LZ 41
2310:LZ 40
2305:LZ 38
2287:LZ 39
2282:LZ 36
2266:LZ 26
2248:LZ 37
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