Anniversary of First Zeppelin Flight
Portrait of Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin
On July 2, 1900, Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin flew the first airship, later dubbed zeppelin, near Lake Constance in Germany, with five passengers on board. Zeppelins were used in World War I and II, and as the first commercial air transportation until the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, when their use and popularity declined.
Little-known zeppelin fact: the distinctive tower at the top of the Empire State Building in New York City was originally designed as a zeppelin port, but was only used once in that capacity.—Elizabeth Periale
This image can be found in Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, 2003.
very interesting read did not know that piece of trivia about the Empire State building
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DRJOHNSON
Posted by: dr johnson | July 02, 2009 at 10:45 PM