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Trans Atlantic Zeppelin talks near completion in 1931 plans
Dr. Hugo Eckener's negotiations with American financiers move toward a trans Atlantic Zeppelin Company with regular service possible in 1931. Graf Zeppelin expected to participate. 14 months to build a trans oceanic airliner. first Germany to New York flight eyed for April 1931. Captain Ernst Lehmann confirmed no Germany Tokyo route yet.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
United States
Graf Zeppelin
Lakehurst
New York
Graf
Ernst Lehmann
United Press Today
Zeppelin Company
Tokio