The Zeppelin LZ 1 was the first successful experimental rigid airship. It was first flown from a floating hangar on Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen...
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The Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #130; Registration: D-LZ 130) was the last of the German rigid airships built by Zeppelin Luftschiffbau...
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not built by Zeppelin are not included. The Zeppelin company based in Friedrichshafen, Germany, numbered their aircraft LZ 1/2/ ..., with LZ standing for...
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LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of its class...
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The Zeppelin LZ 5, tactical number Z II, was a German experimental military rigid airship constructed under the direction of Ferdinand von Zeppelin. After...
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construction of LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. That revived the company's fortunes and, during the 1930s, the airships Graf Zeppelin, and the even larger LZ 129 Hindenburg...
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LZ 72 (navy designation L 31) was an R Class super-zeppelin belonging to the Imperial German Navy. It was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy...
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Army Zeppelin LZ 76 (L-m33) was a R-class World War I zeppelin. On 23 September 1916 a bombing raid was planned for London. That night, a Zeppelin group...
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German Navy Zeppelin LZ 112, given the tactical number L 70, was an X-class / L70-class World War I Zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy. LZ 112 was the...
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LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin 127) was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It...
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Zeppelin LZ 38 (designated LZ 38) was Zeppelin P Class airship of the German Imperial Army. It was the first to bomb London, United Kingdom. Airship LZ...
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Hindenburg-class airship (category Zeppelins)
design team was Ludwig Dürr, who had overseen the design of all Zeppelins except LZ-1 (on which he was a crew member), under the overall direction of...
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class. On 5 August 1914 the Zeppelin company put forward a proposal to the German Navy Ministry for a design based on LZ 26. This had been started as...
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Zeppelin LZ 95 (L 48) was a U-class zeppelin of the Imperial German Military. One successful reconnaissance mission. L 48 and its U-class sister Airships...
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even a lottery; public interest in Zeppelin's activities grew with the success of each flight. In 1908, the Zeppelin LZ 4 was destroyed during a high-profile...
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Zeppelin LZ 54, given the military tactical designation L 19, was a Zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy. While returning from her first bombing raid on...
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The Zeppelin LZ 4 was a German experimental airship constructed under the direction of Ferdinand von Zeppelin. First flown on 20 June 1908, it made a...
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airline based in Frankfurt that operated zeppelins in regular transatlantic revenue service, including the famous LZ 129 Hindenburg. Following the Hindenburg...
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Zeppelin LZ 14, given the navy tactical number L 1, was a rigid airship built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) to carry out reconnaissance...
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The LZ 2 was a German experimental airship constructed by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and first flown in 1906. It was the true ancestor of later Zeppelin airship...
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general staff officer assigned to the military airship LZ 12 Sachsen. In 1853, Count Zeppelin left to attend the polytechnic at Stuttgart, and in 1855...
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Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ 31 (L 6) was an M-class World War I Zeppelin. Throughout the career of the Imperial German Navy Airship LZ 31 took part in...
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Zeppelin LZ 66, Imperial German Navy serial L 23, took part in 51 reconnaissance missions during World War I and on 21 August 1917 it was shot down by...
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The airship LZ 37 was a World War I Zeppelin of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). It was the first Zeppelin to be brought down during the...
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The Imperial German Army Zeppelin LZ 78 (L-34) was a R-class World War I zeppelin. The airship took part in three reconnaissance missions and two attacks...
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The Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ 29 (Z X) was an M-class World War I Zeppelin. The airship participated in two attacks on Calais and Paris, dropping...
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The LZ 59 (L 20) was a World War I German Navy Airship and was the first Q-Class zeppelin with a then record length of 178.5 metres (585 ft 8 in). It...
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LZ 120 Bodensee was a passenger-carrying airship built by Zeppelin Luftschiffbau in 1919 to operate a passenger service between Berlin and Friedrichshafen...
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German Navy Zeppelin LZ 64, given the tactical number L 22, was a Q-class / L20-class World War I zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy. LZ 64 carried out...
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