The “R” stood for Riesenflugzeug, which translates to “giant aeroplane.” These strategic bombers were a result of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin’s ambitions and imagination.

R.101 versus 3,707,550 cubic feet for the Graf Zeppelin. The U.S. began construction on the Akron after R.101 crashed. The Akron had a volume of 6,850,000 cubic feet, so was larger …

ZEPPELIN is a type of dirigible, more specifically a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, whose name it derived, in the early 2Q1h century.

Exhaust cooling system to reclaim water for ballast.

Coverage: Zeppelin letter mail, two examples (one southbound, one northbound) from each of the thirteen carrying letter mail flights undertaken variously by the Graf Zeppelin and the …

Zeppelin LZ90 (R-class), LZ120, Black L.Z.120, Airship Troop (Luftschifftruppe), Imperial German Flying Corps (Fliegertruppe des deutschen Kaiserreiches), Seerappen Airship Base, East …

D Zeppelin LZ85 (R-class), L45, Naval Airship Division (Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung), Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), Tøndern Airship Base, Denmark, spring 1917