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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 7512063, member: 12789&quot;]The Graf Zeppelin was retired and stored in a hanger until 1940 when it was dismantled because the aluminium was needed for the war effort.&nbsp; You&#039;re thinking of the Hindenburg.</p><p><br /></p><p>Curiously enough the Germans built the LZ-126 in 1924 as reparations to the United States and it was flown across the Atlantic later that year and was accepted into the US Navy as the USS Los Angeles.&nbsp; When it was built it was designed for hydrogen, but in the US Navy it was converted to helium for lift.&nbsp; It was used for fleet operations and also as a basis for building aircraft carrying airships the USS Macon and the USS Akron and USS Shenandoah.&nbsp; The USS Los Angeles was flown until 1932 and had a good safety record.&nbsp; The same cannot be said for the other three US built airships, all of which met tragic ends.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1297842[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The above medal was struck in Germany to commemorate Dr. Hugo Eckener, designer of the LZ-126 and the Europe to America flight on 12 October - 15 October 1924.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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