Hugo Eckener
Prussian
Hugo Eckener was a notable German airship commander. - AsNotedIn
Hugo Eckener was a notable German airship commander. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1868/08/10 | Anna Maria Elisabeth Eckener, wife of Christoph Eckener, gives birth to a son, Hugo Eckener, at home on Norderstrasse in Flensburg. | Born | Eckener Haus, Flensburg | Flensburg, DE-SH | |||
| 1892/00/00 | By 1892 under Professor Wilhelm Wundt, Eckener earns a doctorate "magna cum laude" in what today might be deemed experimental psychology at the University of Leipzig. | Education | Leipzig | Saxony | |||
| 1928/10/00 | Eckener captains the Graf Zeppelin during the first intercontinental passenger air flight. On the 9,926 km (6,168 mi), 111-hour crossing from Friedrichshafen, Ernst Lehmann, who would be killed in the crash of the Hindenburg, works as First Officer. | Airship Captain | Hangar No 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | Aviation Spans the Atlantic | ||
| 1929/08/00 | With major funding by William Hearst, Eckener sails the Graf Zeppelin around the world, the only such flight by an airship, and the second by an aircraft of any type. The flight began and ended at Lakehurst NAS, 4 of the 9 passengers worked for Hearst. | Airship Captain | Hangar No 1, Lakehurst Naval Air Station | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | |||
| 1930/06/00 | The article "The First Airship Flight Around the World" is published in National Geographic. Dr Hugo Eckener, chairman of the Zeppelin Company, is awarded the National Geographic Society's Special Gold Medal. | Work | |||||
| 1931/07/00 | Eckener commands the Graf Zeppelin into the Arctic. | Airship Captain | |||||
| 1938/11/14 | Graf Zeppelin II is christened and flies the first time. Only Zeppelin Company officials and Hermann Goring are present, Hal Dick was not allowed to take part. | Airship Captain | |||||
| 1954/08/14 | Dr Hugo Eckener dies at his home in Friedrichshafen of heart ailment. He is buried in Hauptfriedhof (Main Cemetery) alongside his wife Johanna and daughter Hanneliese. | Died |
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