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ZEPPELIN SOUTH AMERICA FLIGHTS

1930-1937

Airmail of the South America Flights of the Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg
Exemplary airmail from letter-airmail-carring South America flights of the German Zeppelin airships,
showing major changes in service and weight of airmail flown.

1930-1931
Demonstration Flights of LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin to South America
Forerunners to Commercial Trans-Atlantic Service

1930 South America - pan America Flight
Three 1931 South America Flights

1932-1937
Commercial Airship Service to South America

1932	March - October	Nine Semi-Monthly Graf Zeppelin Flights in Spring and Late Summer - Fall
1933	May - November	Nine Semi-Monthly Graf Zeppelin Flights in Spring, Summer and Fall
1934	May - December	Eleven Biweekly Graf Zeppelin Flights Coordinated with DLH Service and Christmas Flight
1935	March - June	Seven Biweekly Graf Zeppelin Flights Coordinated with DLH Connection Flights to Larahce
	July - October	Limited Airmail Acceptance on Graf Zeppelin Flights
	October - November	Five Graf Zeppelin Flights in Cooperative Service with DLH
1936	March - June	Limited Airmail Acceptance on Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg
	July - November	Thirteen Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg flights in Cooperative Service with DLH and Extended DLH Connecting Flights to the Airships
1937	March - May	Limited Airmail Acceptance on Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg

Presentation

Shaded flight information is for continued flight after transfer of regular airmail, shown for comparison with time of airmail flight by Condor (southbound) or Deutsche Lufthansa (northbound).

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