What is a Zeppelin?

Answer 1

It is like a blimp...

Zeppelins are a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by Croatian aviation pioneer David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships.

Zeppelin were used for passenger transport as well as for military purposes, operated by the Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG). DELAG is the first commercial airline, served scheduled flights before World War I. After the outbreak of the war, the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and scouts.

The German defeat halted the airship business temporarily, but under the guidance of Hugo Eckener, the successor of the deceased count, civilian Zeppelins experienced a renaissance in the 1920s. They reached their zenith in the 1930s, when the airships LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin and LZ 129 Hindenburg operated regular transatlantic flights between Germany and both North and South America. The Hindenburg disaster in 1937 triggered the fall of the "giants of the air", though other factors, including political issues, contributed to the demise of the Zeppelin.

Answer 2

Zeppelins are a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by Croatian aviation pioneer David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term zeppelin in casual use came to refer to all rigid airships.

see here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin#Principal_characteristics

Answer 3

Instead of being a gas bag, like a party balloon with a passenger compartment attached to it and some engines for go power. A zeppelin is made up of a cigar shaped framework that is covered with cloth and then inside this cloth covered framework is located the gas bags holding the Helium or Hydrogen gas. Also inside are ballast tanks for water and fuel for the aero engines powering it.

Answer 4

A German passanger airship similar to a Goodyear blimp. Most famous example is the Hindenburg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg

Answer 5

A rigid airship having a long cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells.

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Answer 6

much longer than a blimp. i saw the graf zepplin fly over when i was a little boy, and i thought the world was coming to an end.

Answer 7

A rigid airship, like a blimp.

Answer 8

a blimp using hydrogen gas to float with a propellar for accelaration. it was a commercial aircraft until one blew up and killed many people.

Answer 9

a blimp/airship.
The Hindenburgh was a zeppelin.

Answer 10

It's another name for a blimp. Also called a zephyr.