The German manufacturer Lufschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH offered its news airship LZ 104 (construction number), designated L.59, for the mission. Dubbed the Afrika-Schiff (“Africa Ship”), it was ...

Led Zeppelin's debut album was adorned by an adapted version of Sam Shere's iconic photograph of the German zeppelin Hindenburg bursting into flames upon landing in New Jersey 1937, but it wasn't the ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: In fact, the Camels had inflicted a surprising amount of damage despite their very limited bombload. Even though the German hangars survived intact, the base at ...

This is the story of the largely overshadowed, but not forgotten, First Battle of Britain, when German Zeppelins bombed the ...

In Tom Clancy's sensationalist novel "Debt of Honor," a disgruntled pilot decides to avenge his lost honor by crashing a fuel-laden 747 directly into the U.S. Capitol, causing the giant building to ...

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Last week I found myself in Friedrichshafen, the epicenter of German zeppelin innovation in the early 20th century. To support zeppelin development, an entire engineering industry sprouted up near ...