About the PSAS Logo

Our logo depicts the last of the great airships, LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II.

Following the shake-down trials of her sister ship, LZ-129 Hindenburg, the Zeppelin engineers incorporated numerous engineering and design improvements in her construction. She was designed to carry up to 100 passengers with a crew and wait staff of 50.

After the Lakehurst disaster, she was modified for helium inflation and an assigned passenger capacity of only 40, although the reconfigured passenger cabins were roomier, had better lighting, and included four luxury cabins.

After the American government refused to supply helium to the Germans, Graf Zeppelin II flew using hydrogen between 14 September 1938 and 22 August 1939.

With the outbreak of war, she was laid up in Hangar #2 at Rhein-Main Airfield in Frankfurt. Together with the original LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin, she was cut up for scrap in March 1940. Damn Nazis.

Length:	804 feet / 245.06 meters
Diameter:	135 feet / 41.15 meters
Gas Volume:	7,063,000 cubic feet / 211,890 cubic meters
Engines:	Four 1200 hp Mercedes Benz engines
Maximum Speed:	84.4 mph / 135 kph

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