Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
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ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a German aircraft manufacturing company. It is perhaps best known for its leading role in the design and manufacture of rigid airships, commonly referre
The LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin departing for DELAG, the world's first airline, in 1930
Graf Zeppelin above St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 1930
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. He fou
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
…as Zeppelins due to the company's prominence. The name 'Luftschiffbau' is a German word meaning building of airships. The company was founded by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1908 as a formal entity to continue advancing his pioneering research into rigid airships. Luftschiffbau Zeppelin became the leading manufacturer…
Isabella Gräfin von Zeppelin
Ferdinand von Zeppelin at the Army of the Potomac's headquarters, Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, June 1863 by Alexander Gardner
In uniform as adjutant to Charles I of Württemberg, 1865
Zeppelin in 1900