Historical overview of the development & use of Zeppelin style airships. Includes 8 appendices detailing plans & pictures of various forms of the Zeppelin.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 12 sources, 1998, $ 111.95
From the Paper " The Zeppelin Airship in War and Peace
Introduction
When one hears the term airship, two images typically are conjured up: The German "Zeppelin" Airship which attacked England so mercilessly in bombing raids during World War I and the incredible explosion on the American shores of the Hindenburg in 1937 (Walker, 1973). Although the Zeppelin is the best known of these airships, it is merely one part of a larger definitional class called "aerostats" which includes balloons, blimps, dirigibles, airships of both rigid and non-rigid construction (Walters, 1979, 92).
This analysis will trace the invention and design of the Zeppelin airship by dealing in turn with the following:.."
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