ZR3 Reaches Lakehurst From Germanyby Aviation Week Network Staff
On a Sunday morning in October 1924, the airship ZR3 departed from Friedrichshafen, Germany, beginning the first transatlantic flight from continental Europe to the Americas. A photo on the cover of our Oct. 27, 1924, edition pictured the airship after its landing at Lakehurst. Inside the magazine, a four-page story gave a detailed account of the flight, which was commanded by Hugo Eckener, one of the Zeppelin Co.’s veteran pilots, and carried a military crew of 35, including four American observers.
