70 years ago: a visit by a giant on 29 July 1937

The image was published in Hufvudstadsbladet on 30 July 1937.

On 29 July 1937, Malmi Airport was visited by the largest aircraft yet seen in Finland. The "superjumbo" of its time, Lufthansa's 34-passenger-seat Junkers G.38 "Generalfeldmarschall von Hindenburg" (D-APIS) brought the Latvian team of 31 marksmen to the shooting world championship contest.

Newspaper coverage (in Finnish/Swedish, with pictures):
Helsingin Sanomat 30 July 1937
Uusi Suomi 30 July 1937
Hufvudstadsbladet 30 July 1937

The diesel-powered giant never returned. In the turmoil of World War II, British fighters destroyed the "Hindenburg", converted into a military transport, at Athens airport on 17 May 1941.