Zeppelin

Zeppelin
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Harry Vissering. Zeppelin

Zeppelin

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

CHAPTER I

Zeppelin and His Airships

An Officer in the American Union Army

Zeppelin’s First Rigid Design

Financing the First Zeppelin Company

The First Zeppelin Flight

The First Company Dissolved Through Lack of Funds

Assisted by the King of Wurttemberg

Handicapped by Motor Trouble

Successful Trials with the Third Zeppelin

The Government Becomes Interested

Zeppelins for Commerce and War

The Zeppelin Endowment

The Beginning of the Zeppelin Organization

Early Development and Flights

Hailed as National Hero

The New Construction Plant

Military Value Proved by Commercial Operation

Activities Early in the War

Operations with the Fleet

The Growth of the Zeppelins

North Sea Patrol Flights

Zeppelins Become Lighter and Stronger

The Zeppelin Observation Car

Anti-Aircraft Defenses Compel Zeppelins to Fly Higher

Faster Zeppelins for Scouting

Zeppelin Vision of World Transport

His Will Carried Out After His Death

The Record Flight of L-59

4225 Miles in Less than Four Days

Larger Zeppelins More Powerful

The Most Remarkable Scientific Development in the History of Aeronautics

Seventy Percent Speed Increase

Refinement in Design

Eighty-Eight Zeppelins During the War

One Hundred and Fifteen Zeppelins Built and Operated

Scientific Comparison

Efficiency Characteristics of Some of the Latest and Best Airships of All Nations

CHAPTER II

The Zeppelin Organization at the Time of Its Greatest Activity 1918-1919

Many Subsidiary Companies

The Construction Plants

The Airship Factories

The Hydrogen Plant

Powerful Radio Station

The Great Zeppelin Hangars

The Potsdam Plant

The Colossal Staaken Plant

The Duralumin Works

The Woodworking Factory

The Maybach Motor Works

Performance of Engines—1892-1918

The Employment and Training System

The Zeppelin-Maybach Gearless Car

New Methods of Gas Bag Fabrication

The Maag-Zeppelin Gear Works

The Hangar Construction Company

Zeppelin Production of Airplanes

The Zeppelin-Dornier Metal Monoplanes

Twenty-one Dornier Designs

Zeppelin Builds Giant Airplanes

The Airplane Works at Staaken

Social Welfare Institutions of the Zeppelin Organizations

CHAPTER III

Operations of Commercial Zeppelins

The First Air Transport Company

Part of the Aviation Reserve

Created the First Airship Harbor

Like Land and Water Services

The “Schwaben” Filled all Requirements

Accommodations for Many Passengers

Development of Adequate Hangars

Many Long Commercial Flights

Developed Airship Navigation

Zeppelins Operated Safely

Commercial Operations of the Zeppelin

Trained Germany’s Airship Forces

Commercial Operations Resumed

The “Bodensee” an Improved Type

Carried Thirty Passengers

One Hundred and Three Flights in Ninety-Eight Days

The “Nordstern” a Sister Ship

CHAPTER IV

The Zeppelin Organization and Facilities Today

Research and Development Work Continues

Zeppelin Able to Produce All Types

Guaranteed Performance Based on Actual Experience

Complete Airship Navigation Data Now Available

Zeppelin Organization Equipped for New Conditions

Two and a Half Days Trans-Atlantic Service Possible

New York-Chicago Route Difficult but Practicable

Many Engineering Problems Solved

Zeppelin Now Aims to Increase Efficiency

Commercial Operations Data Compiled

The Public will Accept Airship Transportation Here as Abroad

Zeppelin Ready to Participate in Development Throughout the World

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Harry Vissering

The Story of a Great Achievement

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The Colossal Staaken Plant

The Duralumin Works

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