General information
 ZEPPELINS

The philatelic aspects of zeppelin mail transportation is one thing while historical or technical features of the airships are a world of their own.

This link collection gives an overview of non-philatelic zeppelin and airship websites.


 
 

zeppelins
 General zeppelin websites

Airships: A Zeppelin History Site
http://www.airships.net

Zeppelinfan.de - Jens Schenkenberger's website about airships
 http://zeppelinfan.de/

Harry Redner's website about airships
http://www.luftschiffharry.de/

The British and US airships
 http://www.century-of-flight.net/new%20site/frames/airship_frame.htm


 
 

zeppelins
 Pioneer and military airships

Alberto Santos-Dumont airships
 http://einestages.spiegel.de/external/ShowTopicAlbumBackground/a5023/l1/l0/F.html#featuredEntry

Leonardo Torres Quevedo and his airships
 http://www.torresquevedo.org/LTQ10/index.php?title=Portada

Farnborough (UK) Airships
 http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/airfields/far2.html

ILA Frankfurt 1909
 http://www.hr-online.de/website/rubriken/nachrichten/index.jsp?rubrik=6236&key=standard_document_37361270

LZ-5/ZII strands at Weilburg
 http://www.weilburg-lahn.info/zeppelin/z2_3.htm

Information about LZ-18/L-2
http://www.zeppelin-luftschiff.com/

L-14/LZ-46, zeppelin raid at East Dereham 9/8/1915
 http://www.luftschiffharry.de/L_14_Angriff_East-Dereham_08-09-1915.pdf

Zeppelin raids on the Hartlepools
 http://portcities.hartlepool.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConNarrative.110

1915 zeppelin raid at Norfolk
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/your/a-z_norfolk/a-z_zeppelin.shtml

The 1916 German zeppelin offensive
 http://www.richthofen.com/dark_autumn/

L31 brought down over Potters Bar
 http://www.brookmans.com/history/features/zeppelin/index.shtml

High altitude warships
 http://sped2work.tripod.com/zeppelins.html

LZ-87, Fahrtbericht 12. März 1917
 http://www.luftschiffharry.de/LZ_87_GZ-Begraebnis_12-3-1917_Fahrtprotolkoll.pdf

L-59 raid on Naples (Italy)
 http://www.napoli.com/english/viewarticolo.php?articolo=1896

L-59 and Lettow-Vorbeck, 1917
 http://www.jaduland.de/kolonien/afrika/tanzania/text/zepp.html

Aspekte zur Afrika-Fahrt L-59/LZ-104
 http://www.traditionsverband.de/download/pdf/aspekte_afrika.pdf

Airship pilot Yves Angot SS48 SSZ 21/22
 http://www.aeroplanedetouraine.fr/yvangot.htm

Zeppelin´s airship and German patriotism
http://gmu.mossiso.com/zeppelin/index.php
 
 

zeppelins
 Past war airships

LZ-114 airship Dixmunde
 http://pagesperso-orange.fr/c.i.e.l/dixmude.htm

Story of Pulham and its airships R33 - R36
 http://pennoyers.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=177

LZ 127 Round-the-World Flight 1929
 http://www.wingnet.org/rtw/rtw001j.htm

R-100 at Canada 1930
 http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/assets/pdf/e_R100.pdf

George MacDonald and the R-100
 http://members.tripod.com/~Hughdoherty/r100.htm

LZ-127 Swiss flight to Geneva 1930
http://www.pionnair-ge.com/spip1/spip.php?article73

LZ-127 Polar Flight 1931
http://www.polarflight.org/index.html

LZ-129 Hindenburg fotos
http://lz127grafzeppelin.blogspot.com/

Following the Hindenburg
http://blog.nasm.si.edu/2010/05/06/following-the-hindenburg/

Passenger list of LZ-129 Hindenburg crash flight
http://www.nlhs.com/passenger-list.htm

Faces of the LZ-129 Hindenburg crash
http://facesofthehindenburg.blogspot.com/

The Hindenburg cameras
http://www.3d-historisch.de/Zeppelin-Retina/Hindenburg-Kameras.htm

Airship of China
http://www.vantageship.com/en_index.htm

Zeppelin NT in Japan, NAC - Nippon Airship Corporation
http://www.nac-airship.com/

Zeppelin NT in America - Airshipventures
http://www.airshipventures.com/


 
 

zeppelins
 Zeppelins and airships over....

Bern - LZ-127 over Bern 10/12/1930
http://www.g26.ch/texte_018.html

Bickendorf - Airship shed Cologne Bickendorf
 http://www.koelner-luftfahrt.de/luftschiffhalle.htm

Bielefeld - LZ-127 over Bielefeld 8/30/1930
http://www.westfalen-blatt.de/nachrichten/regional/bielefeld.php?id=36514&artikel=1

Boeblingen - LZ-127 over Böblingen
http://www.adv-boeblingen.de/zrbb/boebl/boebl/gesch/garnison/zeppelin.html

Caire - LZ-127 over Caire 04/11/1931
http://www.kairo.diplo.de/Vertretung/kairo/de/06/Deutsche_20Spuren/Zeppelin__Bildergalerie,pageIndex=2.html

Cologne - LZ-5 over Cologne 08/05/1909
http://www.koelner-luftfahrt.de/grafzeppelin.htm

Cologne - LZ-127 over Cologne 1928-1937
http://www.koelner-luftfahrt.de/LZ_127.htm

Cologne - LZ-129 over Cologne 03/29/1936
http://www.koelner-luftfahrt.de/hindenburg_deutschlandfahrt.htm

Cologne - LZ-129 over Cologne 05/03/1937
http://www.koelner-luftfahrt.de/hindenburg.htm

Denmark - Denmark and the Zeppelins
http://mini.ptt-museum.dk/zeppex/en/routes/luftskib.html

Erfurt - LZ-127 over Erfurt
http://www.luftfahrt-erfurt.de/seite27.htm

Friedrichshafen - LZ-130 over Friedrichshafen (colour footage)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzMi7Ae5SKQ

Halle - Zeppelins over Halle/Saale
http://www.leipzig-halle-airport.de/de/index/unternehmen_flughafen/geschichte/anfaenge_halle.html

Hildensheim - Zeppelins over Hildesheim
http://www.stadtarchiv-hildesheim.de/publikationen/dok_19_zeppeline.htm

Japan - The Zeppelin NT in Japan
http://sky-airship.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Nevsky Prospect - The Norge dirigible over Nevsky Prospect
http://www.300.years.spb.ru/eng/3_spb_3.html?id=106

Petrozavodsk - Dirigibles over Petrozavodsk
http://heninen.net/zeppelin/english.htm

Tiefenort - L-55 emergency landing at Tiefenort 1917
http://www.luftfahrtnetz.de/index.php/airports/verkehr-befestigt-nachtflug/kindel/geschichte/zwischenfaelle/1939.html


 
 

zeppelins
 Museums, shops and societies

Zeppelin Shop am See
http://www.airship-shop.com/

Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
http://www.zeppelin-museum.de/

Spitsbergen Airship Museum
http://www.spitsbergenairshipmuseum.com/index.htm

Zeppelin Museum Zeppelinheim
http://www.zeppelin-museum-zeppelinheim.de/

Naval Airship Association
http://www.naval-airships.org/

Navy Lakehurst Historical Society
http://www.nlhs.com/

Zeppelin NT, Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei
http://www.zeppelinflug.de/


 
 

zeppelins
 Other zeppelin sites

Paper models of Zeppelins and hangars
 http://www.currell.net/models/mod_free.htm

Airshipworld, the latest on LTA
http://airshipworld.blogspot.com/


 
 

Unbenanntes Dokument
Unbenanntes Dokument
Unbenanntes Dokument ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
SUMMER2010

In addition to Maybach cars, Euro and US$ exchange rates and helicopters in the Antarctic, the Summer2010 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL deals also with World War I zeppelin mail and zeppelin mail from Paraguay, the Bahamas and Canada. [READ MORE]

 
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ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Spring2010

From 1908 till 1992: The Spring2010 issue of the Zeppelin Post Journal contains a broad range of articles for the zeppelin mail collector. Articles about zeppelin mail from Romania, Hong Kong and from the cruiser Karlsruhe in South America make this again an international issue. [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Winter2009

The last ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL for 2009 is a general issue containing eleven articles from the pioneer period up to 1936 zeppelin mail. Among others, a 1913 zeppelin flight of LZ-11 Viktoria Luise is featured as well as British zeppelin mail from 1936 flown by LZ-129 Hindenburg. [READ MORE]

 
齐伯林邮刊
Fall2009

The international airmail show BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX (November 12-16, 2009; Beijing, China) is the inspiration for this issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL: What do we know about zeppelins and Asia? The answer is a 40-pages and quite unusual issue of the 齐伯林邮刊. [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Summer2009

Atomic propulsion, bombs, rockets, volcanos, a bald Goethe and the Lithuanian national dish - the Summer2009 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is not what you expect! [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Special issue: Forgeries

A special issue because of current events: Large quantities of new produced zeppelin mail forgeries are currently placed for sale on the worldwide market. The quality of the forgeries is very good.... [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Spring 2009

The program given by Dieter Leder at the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP meeting at the New York Collectors Club makes one of the 13 articles of this issue. The other articles cover the entire scope of zeppelin mail. [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Winter 2008

The next special issue is due in December and is full of information on the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight from 1933. 40 pages are filled with latest research and background information on the flight to A Century of Progress [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Fall 2008

This issue was released at the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP meeting at WIPA 2008 stamp show at Vienna, Austria. 13 articles on zeppelin mail and memorabilia fill the 32-pages issue. [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Summer 2008

A truly special issue on occation of the 75th anniversary of the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Rome Flight from 1933. Fourteen articles fill the 48 pages with fascinating background stories and latest reserach [READ MORE]

 
ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL
Spring 2008

From early 1912 pioneer Zeppelin mail addressed to Shanghai, China up to the latest Zeppelin mail of the new generation NT airships: The spring 08 Zeppelin Post Journal covers a wide variety of interesting aspects of Zeppelin ... [READ MORE]