The Zeppelin

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; The Zeppelin Myth; Chapter 1: Zeppelin; Chapter 2: 'I Will Build Airships!'; Chapter 3: How Zeppelin Turned from Fool to National Hero; Chapter 4: The Brutalisation of Zeppelin's Work; Chapter 5: The Great Era of the Peacetime Zeppelins; Chapter 6: The Zeppelin NT from Friedrichshafen; Chapter 7: Acknowledgements and Bibliography.;This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the entire course of the airship's history. Named after the German Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, an early pioneer of rigid airship development, the Zeppelin was first flown commercially by Deutsch Luftschiffahrts (DELAG), the world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had carried over 10,000 fare-paying passengers on over 1500 flights. When war hit, it was employed to military advantage, wr.