Orig. bildtext... GERMANY'S GRAND OLD MAN OF AVIATION RECEIVES A GOLD MEDAL. Wash., D.C. Dr. Hugo Eckener, the first to pilot a lighter-than-air craft around the world, is given the medal of the National Geographic Society, awarded to but ten other men in forty-two years, but Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, right, President of the Society. 3/28/30. Anm. H Eckener, 1868-1954, tysk luftskeppskonstruktör, gjorde flera uppmärksammade flygningar med luftskepp, bl a den första jorden runt 1929. G Grosvenor, 1875-1966, redaktör på National Geographic Magazine 1899-1954. Bedrifter Frack Mustascher CD687 persons: GILBERT GROSVENOR;HUGO ECKENER sites: WASHINGTON D C;TYSKLAND*;USA