November 23, 2012

G-BKES

Name: Robinsons Barley Water

Type: Cameron Bottle-57 SS

Serial No: 846

First flown: unknown

Notes: Donated to the BBM&L and inflated at the BBM&L Inflation Day 1988

Credit: Richard Hands/BBM&L

History

25 June 1982

Lighter Than Air Ltd

1 May 1990

Cancelled as withdrawn from use

1928
The first commercial transatlantic flight in a Zeppelin LZ127, Graf Zeppelin - a rigid airship - took off on October 11th from Friederichshafen in Germany. The pilot was Hugo Eckener and he had a crew of 40, and there were also 4 officials, 6 journalists and 10 paying passengers. They landed at Lakehurst New Jersey USA on October 16th. The flight was 6166miles long and took 111hours 44 minutes. Source: Giants in the Sky. Graf Zeppelin & Hindenburg. The first trans-oceanic voyage of a Commercial Air-Liner