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Encyclopedia > Graf Zeppelin (disambiguation)

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LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (673 words)
The LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" was a large rigid airship (or dirigible), which was a type of craft pioneered by Graf (German for Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century.
The LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was named after the German pioneer of dirigble airships, and flew for the first time on on September 18, 1928.
However the disastrous accident of the British passenger airship R 101 in 1931 led the Zeppelin company to reconsider the safety of hydrogen -filled vessels, and the design was abandoned in favor of a new project.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (434 words)
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.
Unfinished WWII German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin and airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin were named after him.
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