Zoigal
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Thu Nov-26-09 11:53 AM
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Saw one of the new German zeppelins floating |
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in the sky yesterday. First one taking passengers in eighty years the LA Times reported. Remember seeing one of the big ones going over shortly before the Hindenburg crashed. Don't know which one though. Yep, am that old.....z
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Thu Nov-26-09 11:55 AM
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Dennis Donovan
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Thu Nov-26-09 12:03 PM
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2. Somewhere, Dr Eckner is smiling... |
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Very cool! In regards to your Zeppelin sighting when you were younger, do you remember what year it was and where you saw it? I might be able to help you out in identifying it.:hi:
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Zoigal
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Thu Nov-26-09 01:09 PM
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3. It was probably in the mid thirties, and i |
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was on my grandparent's farm which is located about eighty miles west of St. Louis. Hope that helps. It was such a rare sight that the imagine firmly implanted itself in my brain.:).....z
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Dennis Donovan
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Thu Nov-26-09 03:45 PM
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4. It was likely the Graf Zeppelin... |
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...because, by the mid-30's, both of the US Navy's zeps, the USS Akron & USS Macon had been destroyed. Nonetheless, you are very fortunate to have witnessed such a spectacle!
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Thu Nov-26-09 05:49 PM
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5. Thanks, Dennis Donovan, for your research. |
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