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First transatlantic flight of Hindenburg 06.05.36
Between 1924 and the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, Zeppelins revolutionised transatlantic postal services by offering rapid airmail transport. Carrying and servicing mail and freight subsidised the giant airships’ flights. Hindenburg was the largest of them all, making it the world’s largest flying post office, and passengers and crew enjoyed postal services and facilities aboard. This early transcontinental carriage of mail connected the world through airmail among many countries and continents.
Hindenburg provided safe and timely freight services. Time-sensitive freight included live animals, perishable foods, flowers, pharmaceuticals, films, machinery and technical instruments, artworks, jewellery, toys and household goods. Hindenburg also carried large valuables such as automobiles, pianos and aeroplanes. On its first return flight from Lakehurst to Frankfurt in May 1936, the giant ship transported a Staggerwing Beechcraft (with its wings detached) in the central cargo bay – the first aircraft transported across the ocean as freight by Hindenburg.
The first Catholic mass to be celebrated in the air was conducted aboard Zeppelin Hindenburg during Hindenburg’s first flight to the United States in 1936. Father Paul Schulte received a papal dispensation to perform the mass after giving assurances that the sacramental wine would not spill during the service. Father Paul, a First World War German military pilot who had left the military for the clergy, became known as the ‘flying priest’ –using his flying skills to do missionary work in remote areas.
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