Hugo Eckener
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1868 – 1954
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Who was Hugo Eckener?
Dr. Hugo Eckener was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined.
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- Born
- Aug 10, 1868
Flensburg - Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Flensburg
- Died
- Aug 14, 1954
Friedrichshafen
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on July 23, 2013
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