LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II

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LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II was the last rigid airship built by the Zeppelin company, serving as a hydrogen-filled sister ship to the Hindenburg and marking the end of the commercial airship era in Germany.

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LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II canonical 2
Graf Zeppelin II 1
LZ 130 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zeppelin airship
rigid airship
airshipNumber LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II self-linksurface differs
surface form: LZ 130
alsoKnownAs Graf Zeppelin 2
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II
surface form: Graf Zeppelin II
builtFor transatlantic passenger service
completedInYear 1938
constructionStarted 1936
countryOfOrigin Germany
cruiseSpeed 125 km/h
designSimilarTo LZ 129 Hindenburg
diameter 41.2 m
era interwar period
firstFlight 1938-09-14
frameworkMaterial duralumin
gasCellsMaterial goldbeater's skin
historicalSignificance last large rigid airship built
marked the end of commercial airship era in Germany
homeBase Frankfurt am Main airship base
lastFlight 1939-08-20
length 245 m
maidenFlightLocation Friedrichshafen
manufacturer Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
marking swastika on tail fins
maximumSpeed 135 km/h
namedAfter Ferdinand von Zeppelin
namedInHonorOf Ferdinand von Zeppelin
surface form: Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin
neverPerformed regular transatlantic passenger service
notableFlight 1939 British coastal reconnaissance mission
numberOfFlights about 30
operatedBy Luftwaffe
operationalUse radio reconnaissance over the United Kingdom
operator Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei
predecessor LZ 129 Hindenburg
propulsion 4 Maybach VL-2 engines
reasonForHydrogenUse U.S. export ban on helium
registration D-LZ130
role passenger airship
reconnaissance airship
scrappedAt Frankfurt am Main
scrappedInYear 1940
serviceEndYear 1939
serviceEntryYear 1938
sisterShipOf LZ 129 Hindenburg
status scrapped
usesLiftingGas hydrogen
volume 199980 m³

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Zeppelin airships notableModel LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II
LZ 129 Hindenburg hasSisterShip LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II airshipNumber LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: LZ 130
LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II alsoKnownAs LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II
this entity surface form: Graf Zeppelin II