Hugo Von Eckener Signed 1929 Around The World Flight

Commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin Commander Hugo Eckener has signed this art print of an image of President Herbert Hoover that was flown aboard the famous airship on its record-setting first airship flight around the world in August 1929. The Graf Zeppelin made its historic circumnavigation of the globe. The enormous airship, measuring 776 feet in length, took off from Lakehurst, New Jersey and flew to Germany, then Tokyo, on to Los Angeles, and back to New Jersey. The print exhibits postage and stamps from this historic flight stamped each with Los Angeles cancels. Eckener would command most of the Graf Zeppelin’s record-setting flights. 6.5 X 9.5. Good condition.

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