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Zeppelin (other)
Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship. Zeppelin may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Zeppelin'' (film), a 1971 British film * ''Zeppelin'' (video game), a 1994 flight and economic simulation game * ''Zeppelin'' (1983 video game), a shoot 'em up game *'' The Zeppelin'', a 1933 painting by Carel Willink * Led Zeppelin, a British rock band *''The Zeppelin Record'', a 1998 album by Dogbowl *"Zeppelin", a 2015 song by Sam and the Womp Businesses and organisations * Zeppelin Foundation, a philanthropic organisation * Luftschiffbau Zeppelin ('building of airships'), a former German airship manufacturer *Zeppelin-Staaken, a former German aircraft manufacturer *Zeppelin Games, former name of Eutechnyx, a British video game developer People *Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), German officer, inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airship * Zeppelin (surname), including a list of people with that name Places * Zeppelin (bunker), World War II bunker near Zossen, Germany * Zep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeppelin
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin () who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874Eckener 1938, pp. 155–157. and developed in detail in 1893.Dooley 2004, p. A.187. They were patented in Germany in 1895 and in the United States in 1899. After the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the word ''zeppelin'' came to be commonly used to refer to all rigid airships. Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG), the world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had carried over 10,000 fare-paying passengers on over 1,500 flights. During World War I, the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and as scouts, resulting in over 500 deaths in bombing raids in Britain. The defeat of Germany in 1918 temporarily slowed the airship business. Although DELAG establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
