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Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Hugo Eckener

Hugo Eckener was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined.

August 10, 1868 - August 14, 1954
The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service. — © Hugo Eckener
The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service.
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