After a total of six flights made over a three-week period from the Zeppelin dockyards where the airship had been built, Hindenburg was ready for its formal public debut with a 4,100-mile (6,598 km) propaganda flight around Germany (Die Deutschlandfahrt) made jointly with the Graf Zeppelin from March 26 to 29.
După un total de șase zboruri de test efectuate de-a lungul a trei săptămâni la docurile Zeppelin unde și fusese construit, Hindenburg era pregătit pentru un debut public de 6.598 km, un zbor de propagandă de-a lungul Germaniei (Die Deutschlandfahrt) realizat în comun cu Graf Zeppelin din 26 până pe 29 martie.