ZEPPELINS

ZeppelinS WW1 & WW2 - AIR SHIPS

A very early Airship passing the Eiffel Tower in France.

World War 1 - 1917 German Balloon Busters - James Dietz

1917, a F.E.2 bombs Zeppelin hangar - Art by Steve Anderson

Zeppelin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other uses, see Zeppelin (disambiguation). The USS Los Angeles, a US Navy airship built by the Zeppelin CompanyA Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's ideas were first formulated in 1874[1] and developed in detail in 1893.[2] They were patented in Germany in 1895 and in the United States in 1899.[3] 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 scouts, killing over 500 people in bombing raids in Britain.[4]

The defeat of Germany in 1918 temporarily slowed down the airship business. Although DELAG established a scheduled daily service between Berlin, Munich, and Friedrichshafen in 1919, the airships built for this service eventually had to be surrendered under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which also prohibited Germany from building large airships. An exception was made allowing the construction of one airship for the US Navy, which saved the company from extinction. In 1926 the restrictions on airship construction were lifted and with the aid of donations from the public work was started on the construction of LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. This revived the company's fortunes, and during the 1930s the airships Graf Zeppelin and the larger LZ 129 Hindenburg operated regular transatlantic flights from Germany to North America and Brazil. The Art Deco spire of the Empire State Building was originally designed to serve as a mooring mast for Zeppelins and other airships, though it was found that high winds made this impossible, and the plan was abandoned.[5] The Hindenburg disaster in 1937, along with political and economic issues, hastened the demise of the Zeppelins

Hindenburg Disaster – May 6, 1937

DateMay 6, 1937
Summary Airship fire Site Naval Air Station Lakehurst in Manchester Township, New Jersey, United States
/ 40.030392; -74.3257Passengers36
Crew61
Injuries (non-fatal)unknown
Fatalities36 (13 passengers, 22 aircrewmen, one ground crewman)
Survivors62
Aircraft type Hindenburg-class airship
Aircraft name Hindenburg
Operator Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei
RegistrationD-LZ129
Flight origin Frankfurt am Main, Germany
DestinationNaval Air Station Lakehurst in Lakehurst Borough, New Jersey, United States
The Hindenburg disaster took place on Thursday, May 6, 1937, as the German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst, which is located adjacent to the borough of Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Of the 97 people on board (36 passengers and 61 crewmen), there were 35 fatalities (13 passengers and 22 crewmen). One worker on the ground was also killed, making a total of 36 dead.

The disaster was the subject of spectacular newsreel coverage, photographs, and Herbert Morrison's recorded radio eyewitness reports[1] from the landing field, which were broadcast the next day. A variety of hypotheses have been put forward for both the cause of ignition and the initial fuel for the ensuing fire. The incident shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the end of the airship era.

The destruction of a German airship by a French aviator in World War One.

Zeppelin Raid on Great Yarmouth p3 Men of the Norfolk Regiment with part of the German bomb dropped by Zeppelin L3 on 19th Jan 1915

English World War 1 pilot Jack Harman, 33 Sqn RFC Home Defence against Zeppelins died night flying in a crash.

Zeppelins were airships used by the Germans for naval patrols and for strategic bombing missions.

Inside the Zeppelin

#World War1 - German Zeppelin dropped 18 bombs on Paris killing 26 civilians. This bomb hit the Blvd de Belleville.

Zeppelins under construction

Feb 2 1916 L-19 Crew beg British fishing boat, King Stephen, to rescue them but it refuses

Feb 2 1916 British fishing boat, King Stephen, refuses to rescue 16 Germans of L-19 wreckage

2nd Feb 1916. German Zeppelin "L.19" lost in the North Sea. World War 1

Some of the victims of the Edinburgh Zeppelin raid World War 1

Zeppelin Cannon used to target Zeppelins - on board a warship in the Thames, London 1917

On Feb 2 1916 Zeppelin L-19, Le Chatiment du Pirate, flounders in North Sea.16 KIA

Riding in a Zeppelin in #World War 1 - Great moments in history

Zeppelin attack on London during World War 1

One of the walking wounded after the Zeppelin L4 bombed King's Lynn on 19 Jan 15 in Norfolk England, World War 1

Here is a German postcard illustrating the first Zeppelin raid on Britain in World War 1

A Zeppelin above in the Great War

Enterprise Hindenburg Cruising the Past

Zeppelin Germany Empire Zeppelin Colour Postcard

Zeppelin Nazi Germany

zeppelin Nazi Germany 1930's

Zeppelin Prior to the age of the airliner, Zeppelin airships ruled the skies over the north Atlantic — connecting cities like New York with Western Europe.

The Graf Zeppelin

Hero Reginald Warneford single-handedly destroyed a Zeppelin and was awarded a VC

Shooting down a Zeppelin during the First World War

German Zeppelin shot down in the UK during WWI

Zeppelin shot down near Colchester, England in 1916

The R34 in 1919. R33 class airships

The USS Los Angeles airship was built by the Germans for the US Navy as a part of a post-war reparation agreement.

USS Los Angeles airship sails over Manhattan USA

World War I airships operating from RNAS Pulham in Norfolk England

zeppelin Wreckage An L33 Zeppelin is shot down by British fighter aircraft in 1916.

Wreckage of Airship SL11 Description Wreckage of Airship SL11 shot down by William Leefe Robinson over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, England, 3 September 1916

Zeppelin, Nazi Germany, late 1930's

Airship wreck during World War 1

The German Zeppelin L-31 flies over Ostfriesland during the war. This Zeppelin, piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Heinrich Mathy, would be shot down near London in 1916