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The Zeppelin Foundation, headquartered in Friedrichshafen, [1] is a legally dependent municipality. [2] Since 1947, the city has managed the funds and ensures that they are used for their intended purpose. [2] The foundation holds 93.8% of the shares of ZF Friedrichshafen [3] and is the owner of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and Zeppelin GmbH.
Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH is a German aircraft manufacturing company. It is perhaps best known for its leading role in the design and manufacture of rigid airships, commonly referred to as Zeppelins due to the company's prominence.
Caterpillar Inc., also known as Cat, is an American construction, mining and other engineering equipment manufacturer. [6] The company is the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment. [3] [7] [8] In 2018, Caterpillar was ranked number 73 on the Fortune 500 list [9] and number 265 on the Global Fortune 500 list. [10]
Part of the Zeppelin group that bombed London and surrounding counties (L 31, L 32, L 33 and L 34) on the night of 23 September 1916; during its first mission, in which 3200 kg bombs had been dropped, [citation needed] after an anti-aircraft shell seriously damaged it, commander Kapitan-Leutnant Alois Bocker turned over Essex and was attacked ...
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German: Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin; [1] 8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. He founded the company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.
Don Fites was born in 1934 in Tippecanoe, Indiana. [3] He attended Valparaiso University, where he joined Phi Kappa Psi. [4] He graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1956, and soon after joined Caterpillar.
The Zeppelin LZ 1 was the first successful experimental rigid airship. It was first flown from a floating hangar on Lake Constance , near Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, on 2 July 1900. [ 1 ] "
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of its class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. [3]