Airship LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Papercraft

The German Graf Zeppelin was the most successful passenger airship of all time, travelling over one million miles during her 9 year career.

Built in 1928, the Graf Zeppelin measured 237 meters in length and had a volume of 105,000 cubic meters, making it the largest airship constructed at that time.

In October 1928, the ship embarked on its first of many voyages to the United States. Other significant achievements during its early years included a round the world trip in 1929 and an expedition to the Arctic in 1931.

The Graf Zeppelin launched the first transatlantic airship service in 1930, and construction began on two much larger ships to expand the service.

However, the destruction of the first of these new ships, the Hindenburg, in 1937 shattered public confidence in airship travel, leading to the Graf Zeppelin’s retirement shortly after. In 1940, it was dismantled, and its aluminum frame was repurposed for Germany’s war industry.

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