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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 4905821, member: 12789&quot;][ATTACH=full]1183632[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I collect some memorabilia from the Zeppelins - this LZ-126 was transferred to the US Navy as war reparations in 1924 and became the USS Los Angeles.&nbsp; This ship was designed to use hydrogen for lift, but the US controlled the supply of helium which didn&#039;t have as much lift as hydrogen but was much safer.&nbsp; Of all the US Navy airships, the USS Los Angeles was the only one that was not destroyed in an accident.&nbsp; In fact it was dismantled in 1939.&nbsp; Dr. Hugo Eckener, the designer of this airship is the subject of the obverse whilst the airship and it&#039;s 1924 travels across the Atlantic -&nbsp; the first airship to travel from Europe to N. America.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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