Early Historic Airstream Flight

by Edward Fielding

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Early Historic Airstream Flight

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Edward Fielding

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Photograph - Photography

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Note: the watermark in the lower right does not appear in the final print.
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Steam-punk historic image of a flying Airstream camper over a water tower.

Never seen before, unearthed image of a early flight of an aerodynamic Airstream travel trailer sailing over a water tower.

Imagine the world that could have been if it hadn't been for that tragic flying camper accident of 1937.
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Fine art photography by Edward M. Fielding - www.edwardfielding.com
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NOTE: The Fine Art America watermark does not appear in the final print.
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A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century. It was based on designs he had outlined in 1874 and detailed in 1893. His plans were reviewed by committee in 1894 and patented in the United States on 14 March 1899. Given the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships. Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG), the world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had carried over 34,000 passengers on over 1,500 flights. After the outbreak of World War I, the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and scouts.

The World War I defeat of Germany in 1918 halted the airship business temporarily. But under the guidance of Hugo Eckener, the deceased Count's successor, civilian Zeppelins became popular again. In 1919 DELAG established scheduled daily service between Berlin, Munich, and Friedrichshafen. Their heyday was during the 1930s when the airships LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and LZ 129 Hindenburg operated regular transatlantic flights from Germany to North America and Brazil. The Art Deco spire of the Empire State Building was originally if impractically designed to serve as a dirigible terminal for Zeppelins and other airships to dock. The Hindenburg disaster in 1937, along with political and economic issues, hastened the demise of the Zeppelin.

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