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	Zeppelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on an earlier design by David Schwarz.
		Zeppelins would now prominently display the Nazi swastika on their fins and occasionally tour Germany to indoctrinate the people with march music and Nazi propaganda speeches from the air.
		Zeppelins are a prop of a modern sub-genre of science fiction that is inspired by the visions of the 1930s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zeppelin (5555 words)

	Ferdinand von Zeppelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (July 8, 1838 - March 8, 1917) was the founder of the Zeppelin airship company.
		Zeppelin attended the 'war school' in Ludwigsburg and became a lieutenant in 1858.
		He therefore didn't witness either the provisional shutdown of the Zeppelin project due to the Treaty of Versailles or the second resurgence of the zeppelins under his successor Hugo Eckener.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin (447 words)

	Zeppelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century.
		The prototype airship LZ1 (LZ for "Luftschiff Zeppelin") had a length of 128 m, was driven by two 14.2 horsepower (10.6 kW) Daimler engines and was balanced by moving a weight between its two nacelles.
		The actual cause of the Hindenburg disaster remained undiscovered, though sabotage speculations abound (alternately blaming the Nazis or their enemies.) Some present-day researchers have hypothesized that a new coating material on the skin of the dirigible may have played a key role in the accident.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Zeppelin (5417 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Ferdinand von Zeppelin
		Ferdinand von Zeppelin built the first rigid-frame dirigible in 1900.
		The airships became popularly known as zeppelins when their commercial use increased after the war.
		The crash of the Hindenburg zeppelin in 1937, however, brought an end to their popularity.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461541650/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin.html (70 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin
		Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) was born in Konstanz, Baden on 8 April 1838 and was the first large-scale builder of the rigid dirigibles which eventually became synonymous with his name.
		Zeppelin first conducted balloon trials whilst in the U.S. as a military observer during the 1860s.
		Zeppelin successfully persuaded the German military of the potential of using airships during wartime.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/zeppelin.htm (367 words)

	Inventor Ferdinand Zeppelin
		Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von (1838-1917), German military officer, who developed the rigid dirigible, a lighter-than-air vehicle that became known as the zeppelin.
		Zeppelin was born in Konstanz and educated at the Ludwigsburg Military Academy and the University of Tübingen.
		The first zeppelin airship consisted of a row of 17 gas cells individually covered in rubberized cloth; the whole was confined in a cylindrical framework covered with smooth surfaced cotton cloth.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/zeppelin.htm (821 words)

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		During Zeppelin's military career, he fought in the Seven-Weeks War (1866) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), serving in the armies of Württemburg, Prussia and Imperial Germany.
		In 1890, Zeppelin retired from military service as a brigadier of cavalry, but the 52 year old count was not ready to retire completely.
		Zeppelin's design broke that technological barrier and made his name a synonym for the airship.
	www.gwpda.org /bio/xyz/zeppelin.html (446 words)

	Zeppelin - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The first raid was on January 19, 1915, the first bombing of civilians ever, in which two Zeppelins dropped 50 kg high explosive bombs and ineffective 3 kg incendiaries on King's Lynn, Great Yarmouth and the surrounding villages.
		The actual cause of the Hindenburg disaster remained undiscovered; though sabotage speculations abound (randomly blaming Nazis or their enemies.) Some continuing research supports an accident theory in which a new coating material of the dirigible may have played a key role in the spread of the flames.
		In June 2004, a Zeppelin NT was sold for the first time to a Japanese company, Nippon Airship Coporation, who will be using it for tourism and advertising mainly around Tokyo.
	www.free-definition.com /Zeppelin.html (4936 words)

	NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Zeppelin struggled for 10 years to produce an airship that would attach an engine powered gondola to a balloon, making it a "dirigible balloon" that is a directable craft controlled by human will and not the wind's whim.
		The German government was quick to perceive the advantage of airships over the as yet poorly developed airplanes, and when Zeppelin achieved 24-hour flight in 1906, he received commissions for an entire fleet of "zeppelins," as the dirigible balloons came to be called in his honor.
		Zeppelin died before attaining his goal of transcontinental flight, but this was achieved in 1928 with the maiden flight of the Graf Zeppelin.
	www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=515 (326 words)

	Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, b
		Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was the inventor of the rigid airship, or dirigible balloon.
		Zeppelin went to the United States in 1863 to work as a military observer for the Union army in the American Civil War and later explored the headwaters of the Mississippi River, making his first balloon flight while he was in Minnesota.
		By his death in 1917, he had built a zeppelin fleet, some of which were used to bomb London during World War I. However, they were too slow and explosive a target in wartime and too fragile to withstand bad weather.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/Zeppelin/DI48.htm (223 words)

	123Student
		Zeppelin now finally found the time to concern himself with his visions to the topic of "Lenkbare Luftschiffe" or "guidable airships".
		Zeppelin was lent the highest honor by the VDI.
		Ferdinand Zeppelin could force his research further and for the first time, without financial needs.
	www.123student.com /biographies/264.shtml (1912 words)

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		Count Ferdinand of Zeppelin is probably one of the most famous pioneers of aviation.
		But as soon as the first Zeppelin flew, the small and potbellied Count who had a bald head and a white monstache was celebrated by everyone.
		On July 8th, 1838 Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin was born in Constance on Lake Constance.
	www.gzg.fn.bw.schule.de /stadt/zeppelin/3e_grafz.htm (359 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Zeppelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Zeppelin served in the Franco-German War of 1870-1871; he retired in 1891 with the rank of brigadier general.
		Zeppelin took keen interest in balloon flight and devoted himself to the design and construction of airships.
		Despite many setbacks, Zeppelin continued his research and in 1910 one of his airships provided the first commercial air service for passengers.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761552114__1/Zeppelin.html (261 words)

	Zeppelin Biographie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich von Zeppelin was born in the city of Constance on July 8, 1838.
		Count Zeppelin, his sister Eugenia and his brother Eberhard spent their childhood in the manorial domain Girsberg near Constance.
		In 1853 Count Zeppelin left Girsberg to enrol in the Realschule in Cannstatt near Stuttgart, a year later he changed to the Polytechnical Academy in Stuttgart.
	www.uni-konstanz.de /FuF/Philo/Geschichte/Zeppelin/english/bio.htm (230 words)

	Zeppelin-Crazy Town
		Zeppelin promoters thought of asking Led Zeppelin to perform at a zeppelin centenary event last July but discovered that the band had broken up.
		The shiny Zeppelin NT -- for New Technology -- is made of carbon fiber and Kevlar, and covered with a skin of space-suit material.
		By the time of the Hindenburg disaster, 119 zeppelins had lifted off from these shores, including the Los Angeles, built for the U.S. Navy as a reparation for World War I. During World War II Friedrichshafen was flattened by Allied bombing and zeppelins faded from use.
	www.corkscrew-balloon.com /01/05/3eur/wsj-zepp.html (1456 words)

	Ferdinand von Zeppelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ferdinand Zeppelin continued to improve his airship and in March 1909 the German Army purchased the Zeppelin Z1.
		Zeppelins were used at Verdun but four were brought down by ground-fire.
		A total of 115 Zeppelins were used by the German military, of which, 77 were either destroyed or so damaged they could not be used again.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /AVzeppelin.htm (485 words)

	Alphabetilately: Z is for Zeppelin Post
		Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, inventor of the concept, was a colorful, almost fanatical character who spent his entire sizeable fortune on building and promoting his immense airships, but it was Hugo Eckener, Zeppelin designer, pilot, and enthusiast, who made Zeppelins household names around the world in the 1930's.
		Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) and Hugo Eckener (1868-1954)
		Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (photo inset on the card above) was a man obsessed with his vision of airflight in the enormous, hydrogen-filled dirigibles he invented and built from 1900 until his death in 1917.
	alphabetilately.com /Z.html (1132 words)

	CBS News \| Milestone For New Zeppelin \| June 12, 2004 17:29:03
		The granddaughter of the original airship's inventor, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, was on hand as Japan's Nippon Airship Corporation took delivery of the 247-foot ship, which is destined for sightseeing and advertising flights in Japan and a starring role at the 2005 world's fair in the city of Aichi.
		The new craft designed by Germany's Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik - named Zeppelin NT for "New Technology" - is filled with helium rather than the intensely flammable hydrogen that fueled the earlier generation of airships.
		Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik starting building the new dirigibles, which are about one-third the length of the Hindenburg, in 1996, but the sale to the Nippon Airship Corporation - sealed in March - was its first commercial deal.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/06/12/tech/main622782.shtml (575 words)

	ZEPPELIN > Historical Note
		Zeppelins logged in over a million miles of passenger travel without loss of life.
		The last of the Zeppelins, LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II, was subsequently restricted to military use and, along with the globe-trotting LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, was dismantled in 1940.
		In 1994, the Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GMBH in Friedrichshafen announced plans to test new technology in the construction and manuvering of passenger / cargo-carrying dirigibles.
	spot.colorado.edu /~dziadeck/zf/historical.htm (312 words)

	Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Count von Zeppelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Zeppelin was born in Constance, Baden, and entered the army 1858.
		Zeppelin rose to the rank of brigadier general before retiring from the army 1891.
		In World War I zeppelins were used extensively for air raids on Britain and France 1915-16 but the large size and slow speed of the zeppelin made it a relatively easy target, and it remained in use only as a supply transport
	cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/Z/Zeppelin/1.html (183 words)

	Ferdinand von Zeppelin
		During the decade of the 1860s he was assigned to observe the military use of balloons in the U.S. and Europe, which convinced him of the military and commercial value of airship operations.
		The Zeppelin qualities of streamlined-shape, light rigid framework, and maneuvering power, made them successful when heavier than air machines were yet undeveloped.
		The success of military and civilian Zeppelins were to have a lasting effect on airpower strategists and Count von Zeppelin will always be remembered for the graceful mammoths of the sky which he pioneered.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/vzeppelin.htm (341 words)

	World War One - Zeppelin Raids on France and England
		The Zeppelin balloon, called the Zeppelin from the name of its inventor, was practically a vast ship, capable of carrying a load of about fifteen thousand pounds.
		Balfour, in eighteen Zeppelin raids there were only seventy-one civilian adults and eighteen children killed, one hundred and eighty-nine civilian adults and thirty-one children wounded.
		These airplane operations differed from the Zeppelin expeditions in being carried on in the daytime, and this raid took place while the schools were in session and large numbers of people were in the street.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles26/world-war-one-29.shtml (1902 words)

	Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Le nouveau Zeppelin apparaît enfin dans le ciel au Japon
		Air apparent Friedrichshafen, the charming Lake Constance home of the Zeppelin, has launched a new model of the airship.
		Zeppelin flies again in brave new German world of air transport.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Z/Zeppelin.asp (440 words)

	Zeppelin-Luftschiffe
		Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin was interested in this problematic, too, and had an idea of building a rigid airship.
		Hugo Eckener, who continued the work of Count Zeppelin after his death in 1917, was going to do nearly everything to save the LZ from beeing destroyed.
		with LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin (I)" in March/April 1940 by the command of Göring.
	www.zeppelinfan.de /html-seiten/englisch/luftschiff_zeppelin.htm (1496 words)

	Ferdinand von Zeppelin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Zeppelin had reached the rank of brigadier general when he retired from the German Army in 1891.
		The airship, which weighed 12 tons and contained 400,000 cubic feet of hydrogen, was driven by propellers connected by two 15-hp Daimler engines.
		In the war Zeppelins were used for air rids on Britain and France.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWzeppelinF.htm (324 words)

	CNN.com - Zeppelin returns to the skies - August 16, 2001
		Footage of the Hindenburg Zeppelin catching fire as it approached the landing strip at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937, killing 35 of the 96 on board, has not dimmed the enthusiasm for the mode of transport.
		Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin launched the first airship over Lake Constance in 1900, but the Zeppelin era ended in 1937 with the Hindenburg fire.
		The new 75-metre-long (246-foot-long) Zeppelin NT model is filled with nonflammable helium instead of the dangerous hydrogen that doomed the first generation of airships.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/08/15/germany.zeppelin (277 words)

	zeppelin -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The first Zeppelin airship was designed by Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, a retired German army officer, and made its initial flight from a floating hangar on Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen, …
		The first Zeppelin airship was designed by Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin, a retired German army officer, and made its initial flight from a floating hangar on Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen, Ger., on...
		Germany's Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin had seen the value of the balloon as an aerial observation post in the American Civil War.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9078332 (651 words)

	GZtext
		The suggestion that Zeppelin airships might be useful for polar exploration was passed to Zeppelin from the Norwegian explorer and statesman Fridtjof Nansen who had followed closely the accounts of the Andrée and Wellman flights.
		In 1910 Count Zeppelin, Professors Hugo Hergesell and Adolf Miethe, and Crown Prince Henry of Prussia led what they termed a "study-trip" to Spitzbergen to explore the use of airships in the polar regions.
		It would be another twenty years before a Zeppelin airship was used for polar exploration and the task of realizing Zeppelin's vision would fall to his successor, Dr. Hugo Eckener.
	home.att.net /~bgrhodes/GZtext.html (1066 words)

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		Zeppelin took interest in balloon flight and devoted himself to the design and construction of airships.
		Where the Graf Zeppelin was an impressive 100 feet in diameter, the Hindenburg would measured in at 135 feet and 1 inch.
		The majestic airships Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin were painted with the swastika on their vertical fins and had already been flown on many propaganda flights over Germany dropping pamphlets and generally showing of the power of the Nazi movement.
	www.james.rtsq.qc.ca /zep.doc (1762 words)

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