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ORIGINAL! RARE! ZEPPELIN pioneers of world aviation AUTOGRAPHED by Graf Zep Capt HANS v SCHILLERZEPPELIN pioneers of world aviationKirschbaum Verlag, Bad Godesberg(ZEPPELIN Wegbereiter des Weltluftverkehrs Kirschbaum)1st edition 1966, 200 pp. bound (hardcover) blue cloth with original dust jacket. Fine. Covers wrapped in clear cellophane for extra protection (can be easily removed).autographedInscribed and signed by Hans von Schiller in his own hand long with hishandwritten additions including additions to one of the 2 maps andmany othercorrection of printing errors subsequently found by the author;
Mit handachotfblichen Eogauzungen und
Beorchbigung nach fraglich gefundenen
Druckfehler duvih den Savfasser
( With handwritten additions and
correction of printing errors subsequently found by the author! )
In remembrance of the 50 anniversary
of the Naval AirbaseLakehurst
To my friend Bud Miller
Hans van Schiller
Dimensions :7” x 9 5/8”
(please see pictures)
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Hans von Schiller (b.1891-d.1976)served in the 1st World War as a security officer and later commander of Zeppelin airships. After the war he made a career to become a world pioneer in international air travel. Captain Schiller was the longest acting Zeppelin crew member, serving in various Zeppelins for over 20 years from 1917 to 1939. He was on board ** LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin for flights to the Arctic and around the world. He captained in USA and South America. He was on the 3 test flights of the *** LZ-129 Hindenburg and was on board on the first trip for the year 1937 to Rio Frankfurt (16.-20.-3-37) and back to Frankfurt (23.-27.-3-37). Then he was given the command of the LZ-130 (Graf Zeppelin II) in the fall of 1938.
**LZ 127 Graf Zeppelinwas a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled, rigid airship which operated from 1928 to the most successful airship ever built.
*** LZ 129 Hindenburgwas a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest by envelope volume. The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst. The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt at its mooring mast atLakehurstNaval Air Station, on board were 97 people; there were 36 fatalities.
