First trans-Atlantic Zeppelin flight

© PuL The Zeppelin „Los Angeles“ in front of the manufacture hall, September 1924

On 12 October 1924 in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance, Hugo Eckener launches the Zeppelin LZ 126 on the first Atlantic crossing by an air ship. After a three-day flight, Eckener reaches the city of Lakehurst in New York state. The LZ 126 is handed over to the American navy as a portion of Germany’s reparation payments.