ORIGINAL1st COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC TELEGRAM - GRAF ZEPPELIN - $899 - (New York, NY)
ORIGINAL TELEGRAM COMMUNICATION RECEIVED AND CARRIED ONBOARD THE LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN ON THE 1st COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC FROM FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GERMANY. DEUTSCHER REICHSTELEGRAPH TELEGRAM FROM HELEN AND ALICE MOROE AT THE SHUBERT THEATRE Co. ON 42ND STREET IN NEW YORK CITY TO ROBERT REINER ONBOARD LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN OCTOBER 9,1928 6 HRS 30 MINUTES. LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN FLEW THE FIRST COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC DEPARTING 7:54 AM ON OCTOBER 11,1928 FROM FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GERMANY . DR. ROBERT REINER LIVED IN NEW JERSEY AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN-GERMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UNTIL 1945. DR.ROBERT REINER WAS A NEW JERSEY EDUCATOR WHO WAS THE FIRST TICKETED PASSENGER TO DEBARK THE AIRSHIP UPON HER ARRIVAL AT LAKEHURST NAVAL AIR STATION IN NEW JERSEY. ON THIS HISTORIC FIRST FLIGHT FROM GERMANY TO THE U.S. IN 1928 HEARST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS HAD EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO SEND NEWS DISPATCHES EN ROUTE. NORTH AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE'S BERLIN AGENT ARRANGED WITH PASSENGER, DR.ROBERT REINER FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLIGHT WHICH HE WOULD SEND AS PRIVATE RADIOGRAMS TO FRIENDS IN THE U.S., ALTHOUGH ALL PASSENGERS WERE REQUIRED TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AIRSHIP OPERATORS THAT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE OUT REPORTS DURING THE FLIGHT OR FOR EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE LANDING. PASSENGER REINER SENT TEN MESSAGES. (PLEASE SEE PICTURES ATTACHED) CONDITION IS VERY GOOD WITH SOME LIGHT WRINKLES AND A DAMP STAIN. (PLEASE SEE PICTURES ATTACHED) THIS IS NOT A COPY OR REPRODUCTION. DIMENSIONS : 8 1/16" x 5 11/16" PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE.
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