Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German: Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin; 8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later inventor...
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Zeppelin began on 28 December 1936, when her keel was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. Named in honor of Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin...
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The Zeppelin Foundation is an institution founded by Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Originally founded to support development of zeppelins and other airships...
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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1908 as a formal entity to continue advancing his pioneering research into rigid airships. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin became...
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successor of the companies founded by Ferdinand von Zeppelin which constructed and operated the very successful Zeppelin airships in the first third of the...
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called Zeppelins, though this technically refers only to airships built by the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin company. In 1900, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin successfully...
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a count (Graf) in the German nobility. It was conceived and operated by Hugo Eckener, the chairman of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin....
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The company was founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the inventor of the zeppelin airship and engineer Alfred von Soden-Fraunhofen in 1915 in Friedrichshafen...
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A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn] ) who pioneered rigid...
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Brussels, the only remaining gondolas of a war Zeppelin in the world. A famous photo of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin aboard the "L 30" with Hauptmann Macher...
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offshoot of Zeppelin Luftschiffbau. While the notion did not have the support of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the inventor of the zeppelin, Alfred Colsman...
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Luxembourgian gymnast Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), German airship mogul Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848–1904), Austrian firearms designer Ferdinand Zylka (born...
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LZ 4 (redirect from Zeppelin LZ4)
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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crown prince Crown Prince Wilhelm, grand admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, and Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Von Wiegand was the first American journalist to interview...
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ships of the air were the rigid dirigible balloons pioneered by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, which soon became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance...
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The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen is a museum in Friedrichshafen in Germany, the birthplace of the Zeppelin airship. The museum houses the largest collection...
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Jean-Luc Godard, the Swiss film-maker. Henri Monod's fourth cousin was Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Monod's great-great-great-grandfather was Paul de Rapin. "Henri...
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LZ 3 (redirect from Zeppelin LZ3)
The Zeppelin LZ 3 was a German experimental airship constructed in Friedrichshafen under the direction of Ferdinand von Zeppelin. It was first flown on...
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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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Canevaro, Italian admiral (d. 1926) July 8 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German military officer, founder of the Zeppelin Company (d. 1917) July 11 – John Wanamaker...
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airships, made by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, was justified. He tried to use the airships and develop rapidly the air force. Wild von Hohenborn was appointed...
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the Zeppelin airship company. Eberhard von Zeppelin (1842-1906), was a German Historian and brother of Ferdinand von Zeppelin Ferdinand Ludwig von Zeppelin...
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video game developer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), German officer, inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airship Zeppelin (surname), including a list...
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Airship hangar (section The Zeppelin programme)
construction of the first operational rigid airship LZ1 by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin started in 1899 in a floating hangar on Lake Constance at Manzell...
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(Z4). Such German inventors, engineers and industrialists as Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Otto Lilienthal, Gottlieb Daimler, Rudolf Diesel, Hugo Junkers...
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mountain is named after German military officer and airship designer Ferdinand von Zeppelin. "Zeppelinfjellet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved...
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their incorporation into Germany following the Franco-Prussian War. Ferdinand von Zeppelin established his famous dirigible factory at the end of the 19th...
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university". Konstanz was the birthplace of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, constructor of the famous Zeppelin airships. In the late 2010s, Konstanz has become...
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Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst Georg von Hertling Ferdinand von Zeppelin Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Robert Ritter von Greim...
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