LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service. The ship was named after the German airship pioneer Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a count in the German nobility. It was conceived and operated by Hugo Eckener, the chairman of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.

Headlines from October 15, 1928

GERMANS DEJECTED BY SHIP'S SLOW-UP; Day-Long Listening for Radio Reports of Zeppelin Ends in General Disappointment. SALE OF DIRIGIBLE DENIED Head of Company Disavows Deal With Spain, but Madrid Reports Rental With Option to Buy

BIG CROWD DISAPPOINTED; Traffic Jammed for Eight Miles as Throng Leaves After Day of Vigil. ROSENDAHL SENDS POSITION Navy Officer Aboard Ship Gives Data at Request of Moffett, Who Waits at Field. FUEL SHORTAGE DOUBTED Dirigible Had 120-Hour Supply and Slow Speed Is Held to Have Conserved It.

HOOVER STARTS TRIP TO SPUR BAY STATE; Will Make Four Informal Speeches Today Besides Key- note Address in Boston. SMITH DISPUTED ON TARIFF Work, Wood and Vauclain Chal- lenge Democrat's Promises in Louisville Appeal.

Zeppelin's Delay Threatens To Redace Rations on Board

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