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Transatlantic air service plans and Hindenburg ad
A long travel section ad touts Europe by Air in 234 days on the zeppelin Hindenburg. It highlights Lakehurst to Frankfurt staterooms, dining saloon, and $400 fare, with May to August departures. The piece discusses the dawn of regular transatlantic air travel by airship and airplane, weather challenges, and remarks from Dr. Hugo Eckener and Sir Hubert Wilkins on safety and future routes between Europe and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Zeppelin Company
New York
Lakehurst
N. J
Frankfort
Germany
Lante
Pacific
Caribbean
Mediterranean
Friedrichshafen
Pernamabuco
Brazil
North Atlantic
Hindenburg
Zeppelin
Kaiser's Cavalry
Iath
Friedricnhafen
German
Air Ministry
Lufthhansa
Charleston
8. C
Azores
Bermuda
Bermudasa
Britain
America
New York Weather Bureau
James H. Kimball
China
Atlantic
Doctor Kimball
Pasion
James McVittie
Hugo Eckener
Ernest Lehmann
Nantucket
Sandy Hook
Coaat
Sir Hubert Wilkins