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Brooklyn Today
Greetings, Brooklyn. Today is the 286th day of the year.
On this day in 1928, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle front page reported that the German Graf Zeppelin, a dirigible airship, had lifted off from Friederichshafen, with a destination across the Atlantic in Lakehurst Field, New Jersey, an USAF-managed base. Aboard the Zeppelin, which was cruising at 60 miles per hour, were a crew of 40 — double the passenger count. Among the 20 passengers were three Americans. The Zeppelin took a southerly route towards the Azores to circumvent stormy weather in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Graf Zeppelin, which flew on hydrogen gas, was in commercial operation from 1928 to 1937.
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