Hugo Eckener

Hugo Eckener

male, deceased (1954)
German, World War I, aviator, airship, frankfurter zeitung, old man…zeppelin, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, GrafZeppelin, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Dr. Hugo Eckener (August 10, 1868-August 14, 1954) was the "old man" of the Zeppelin airship company. Eckener was born in Flensburg. He trained as...
George Hubert Wilkins

George Hubert Wilkins

male, deceased (1958)
USS O-12, Gaumont, Military Cross, British Museum, Spitsbergen, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin…GrafZeppelin
Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC and bar (October 31, 1888 - November 30, 1958) was an Australian polar explorer, pilot, soldier, geographer and...
Charles Emery Rosendahl

Charles Emery Rosendahl

male, deceased (1977)
United States Naval Aviator, United States Naval Academy, Bureau of Aeronautics, USS Shenandoah, Shenandoah, United States Navy airships…LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, GrafZeppelin
Charles Emery Rosendahl (15 May 1892 - 17 May 1977) was an admiral in the United States Navy and an advocate of lighter-than-air flight. Rosendahl...
Pavel Molchanov

Pavel Molchanov

male, deceased (1941)
inventor, aviator, Russian, soviet, Meteorologist, scientist…LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, GrafZeppelin
Pavel Alexandrovich Molchanov (in Volosovo, Imperial Russia - October 1941, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian meteorologist, who invented and...