This week, Goodyear Blim was spotted over El Passport. Many share Blim images in social media on Wednesday, August 13th.
Based on social media records, Blim was also spotted in May.
1929 Without social media, El Passoans climbed to the tops of the buildings and stuck on the Scenic Drive on August 27, to look at the graf Zeppelin airship, which was three times longer than the county court.
The graf Zeppelin was a German passenger airship, operating in 1928-1937. 1929 He made a round global journey covering 21,2500 miles passing through the e -passport.
Although the Count did not stop here, the El Passport prepared the acceptance of the air “suitable for such a great visitor”.
German director graf Zepplin passes through El Paso around 5:15 p.m. 1929 August 27
Whistles are blowing when Count Zep comes
1928 August 26/el Passport Herald
El Pasoans will be advised on Tuesday, Graf Zeppelin approaches El Pasas as the cement factory whistles, melts, electric companies, Peyton Packing Company and The Railroad Shops. On Monday, the Chamber of Commerce agreed with various industrial factories for a whistle. Deming was sent to a wire asking that officers of the Chamber of Commerce would advise the El Pasas Chamber of Commerce when Zeppelin passes through the new Mexico. The contact will also be formed with Fort Bliss, where the constant radio connection with a huge plane will be maintained. El Pasas aviation companies and private aircraft owners were asked to meet the boat and escort it to the city.
After a deferred flight at 17:16
EL PASOSANS GOOD Airline Big Ovations while waiting for the arrival all day
1929 August 28th/EL Passport Times
These are five engines driving their monotonous Heded Power song, “graf Zepplin” was magnificent through the Western Texas Plain last night, when Fort Worth was directed at his flight without interruption from Los Angeles to Lakehurst, the last part of his round world flight.
At midnight, about six hours after the huge plane was swimming above El Passport, Big Springs, Texas reported that the graf had just moved and apparently continued directly to Fort Worth.
Earlier in the evening, Clint, Sierra Blanca, Van Horn, Pecos, Odessa and Midland – everyone reported that they saw Zepplin. Their reports indicate that conductor commander dr. Hugo Eckener followed the South Pacific and Texas and the Pacific Railways to Fort Worth.
Wait all day
Dr. Yesterday’s Ecker’s flight magazine was just another post, stating that the Count had fought hard winds through the new Mexico and arrived at an email at 17:17, behind the schedule for several hours.
But for the thousands of El Pasoans, who waited all day to see the ship, its arrival was a life event. This brought the hours of constant standby, which began shortly after 8 o’clock in the morning, which was initially expected to arrive in the graf.
The day for the audience was rude. Early in the morning, the ship was postponed with head winds and that its arrival would be around 11 a.m., other tips from southern Arizona and New Mexico say that the ship was even more postponed and that it could not be expected to be e -mail until yesterday.
And finally, after long hours of waiting, a large silver bag cut his nose around the corner of the Franklin Mountains and swam greatly through the city.
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Arrival is impressive
First, a black spot on the background of a blue and white cloud, and then a silver shine, it came out of the west. For more than half an hour El Pasoans, hundreds of which found Vantage vision points on office buildings, they watched them come. Dipping, the bobravation, became a bullet handkerchief, gloomy -floating transparent sky.
For fifteen minutes, the whistle dyno, bustling and horrible, announced that it would come.
He became larger and larger until his black Hulk, five engines, and passed just above the courthouse, flying in the eastern direction.
By the way, Zeppelin is three times longer than the courthouse block.
El Pasusans, who had been waiting for arrival from 8 pm, warned all day anxiously and frustrated when new reports announced that negative winds slowed their time, chattering at the roofs of buildings, other hundreds, many of whom waited from early morning, resting in cars that blacked picturesque images.
To look for a point
Many of these buildings were provided with binoculars and outdoor glasses. Two republics – the Southern Pacific Mills, First National Bank buildings and Paso del Nortte and Hussman hotels were popular observation points. Several enthusiastic viewers even climbed the electrical brand frames on the hotel buildings.
The day was excitement and wait. One hundred imaginary and false alarms were heard. The cranes of pedestrians rushing to the window clerks and stenographers could be seen almost at any hour of the day.
The German speed, when it passed through the city, was unofficially rated by 50 miles per hour.
ZEP has been escorted by a group of planes from the municipality and army airports since he arrived in Columbus, NM before Ysleta passed.
Tris Long can be contacted at [email protected].
This article initially appeared in the El Paso Times: “El Pasoans Climb Buildings, the crowd’s picturesque image to see Count Zepplin