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Around the world by airship, August 1929

Graf Zeppelin Around the World

21 days around the globe by airship, with only four stops.

Stops
5
Straight-line distance
≈ 28,626 km
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The stops

  1. 1

    Lakehurst

    Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey

    Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst, August 1929

    Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst, August 1929
    Airship · 6,443 km
  2. 2

    Friedrichshafen

    Friedrichshafen, Germany

    Friedrichshafen from the air, 1934

    Friedrichshafen from the air, 1934
    Airship · 9,501 km
  3. 3

    Tokyo

    Kasumigaura, near Tokyo, Japan

    Lake Kasumigaura, Japan

    Lake Kasumigaura, Japan
    Airship · 8,750 km
  4. 4

    Los Angeles

    Mines Field (now LAX), Los Angeles

    LAX Theme Building, Los Angeles

    LAX Theme Building, Los Angeles
    Airship · 3,932 km
  5. 5

    Lakehurst

    Lakehurst, New Jersey

Photo credits

From Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped. Each credit also shows in the corner of the video while its photo is on screen.

  • Graf Zeppelin at Lakehurst, August 1929 by National Museum of the U.S. Navy · Public domain · source
  • Friedrichshafen from the air, 1934 by Walter Mittelholzer · Public domain · source
  • Lake Kasumigaura, Japan by Σ64 · CC BY 4.0 · source
  • LAX Theme Building, Los Angeles by Junkyardsparkle · CC0 · source