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2 days ago · The early 20th century saw a surge in airship popularity. They were used for everything from passenger transport to military reconnaissance. The German Zeppelin Company, led by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, became synonymous with airships, and their luxurious passenger liners, such as the Graf Zeppelin, were the epitome of air travel.
3 days ago · Rigid airships were first flown by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and the vast majority of rigid airships built were manufactured by the firm he founded, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. As a result, rigid airships are often called zeppelins.
5 days ago · Ferdinand von Zeppelin entwickelte ein Luftschiff: Die Erfindung, die vor 100 Jahren das erste Mal abhob, wurde nach ihm benannt. Zeppeline wurden danach viel für Passagierflüge genutzt. Aber ...
1 day ago · Finden Sie die geheimen Zeppelin-Pläne! Betreten Sie das historische Arbeitszimmer von Graf Zeppelin und lüften Sie das Geheimnis um seine mysteriösen Luftschiffpläne. Sie haben 30 Minuten, um alle Rätsel zu lösen. Haben Sie das Zeug dazu?
5 days ago · Ferdinand von Zeppelin invented the floating airship that bears his name in the late 1800s and made way for a wave of advances in aviation. Reginald Fessenden was a different sort of pioneer, making the first radio broadcasts over long distances in the early 1900s.
2 days ago · Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (pronounced [ˈpaʊl ˈluːtvɪç hans ˈantoːn fɔn ˈbɛnəkn̩dɔʁf ʔʊnt fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; abbreviated pronounced [ˈpaʊl fɔn ˈhɪndn̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during ...
5 days ago · 1900: Jean Sibelius’ “Finlandia” premieres in Helsinki. On the same day, the first flight LZ-1, of a dirigible airship designed by Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin at Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. 1901: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob a train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana.
