By Mike King
A Zeppelin airship takes its name from German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin -- a German General and inventor whose company -- Luftschiffbau Zeppelin (LZ)--led the development of the rigid flying machines in the late 1800's / early 1900's. After the great success of Zeppelin's design, the word "zeppelin" became used to refer to all rigid airships.
Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG) -- essentially the world's first airline service. By the outbreak of World War I in 1914, DELAG had made more than 1,500 flights. During the war, the German military made use of Zeppelins for bombing and scouting.
1. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) //
2. 1900: The first flight of the 420-feet-long"LZ 1" (shown above a large boat) //
3. By 1910, DELAG was flying the Zeppelins (now over 700-feet long) commercially.
The defeat of Germany in 1918 (engineered by Jewish Marxists at home and Jewish Globalists & Zionists from the outside) slowed down DELAG's business substantially. In 1919, DELAG's airships were surrendered under the terms of the vicious Treaty of Versailles which had been imposed upon a disarmed Germany. The treaty also prohibited the Germans from building more airships. An