Eckner, Hugo

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Hugo Eckner
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Name	Eckner, Hugo Gender: M
born on	10 August 1868 at 10:30 (= 10:30 AM )
Place	Flensburg, Germany, 54n47, 9e26
Timezone	LMT m9e26 (is local mean time)
Data source	Orig source not known Rodden Rating C
Astrology data	17°59' 04°43 Asc. 17°58'

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Biography

German engineer and airship pioneer who helped Count Von Zeppelin's firm to develop rigid airships. He piloted the Graf Zeppelin flight around the world in 1929 and commanded the Hindenberg which dramatically and unexpectedly burned while landing 5/06/1937. The tragedy, which took many lives of passengers and crew, virtually ended rigid airship travel.

He died 8/14/1954, Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Events

• Health : Accident (Non-fatal) 6 May 1937 (The Hindenberg burned on landing)

• Death, Cause unspecified 14 August 1954 (Age 85)
• Work : Gain social status 1929 (Piloted the Graf Zeppelin flight)

Source Notes

Wemyss FN No.21 "according to Astrosophie 12/l932."

Categories

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Accident/Injury (Lighter-than-air-ship)

• Vocation : Travel : Aviation field (Pioneer)

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 85)

• Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ private

• Vocation : Engineer : Aerospace

• Notable : Book Collection : American Book

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Pioneer in developing derigibles)