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After use by DELAG, taken over as a training airship by the German military upon the outbreak of World War I; broke apart while being hangared on 1 October 1915. [11] Broke apart on 1 October 1915 LZ 12: F: Z III Army 25 April 1912 Decommissioned 1 August 1914 LZ 13: G: Hansa/ LZ 13 DELAG; later Navy then Army 30 July 1912
Zeppelin "L 30" seen from the front Right gondola of Zeppelin "L 30". Zeppelin "L 30" (factory number "LZ 62") was the first R-class "Super Zeppelin" of the German Empire.It was the most successful airship of the First World War with 31 reconnaissance flights and 10 bombing runs carrying a total of 23,305 kg of bombs, [1] with the first ones targeting England, and the four final raids ...
Iran's most successful fighter pilot ever, with eight confirmed aerial victories. The most successful F-14 Tomcat pilot. [41] [42] [better source needed] [43] Mohommed "Sky Falcon" Rayyan: Iraq: Iran–Iraq War: 1977–1986 5 MiG-21 and MiG-25: Iraq's most successful fighter pilot ever, with five confirmed aerial victories. The most successful ...
The most successful Coastal airship (often described as "the darling of the airship service" during the War) was C-9, operating out of RNAS Mullion in Cornwall. C-9 had one confirmed and three probable "kills" during her long career. She entered service in June 1916 and was struck off on 14 September 1918, after completing 3,720 hours of flying ...
During World War I, Germany’s airships were operated separately by the Army and the Navy. At the war’s outset, the Army assumed control of the three remaining DELAG airships, having already decommissioned three older Zeppelins, including Z I. Throughout the war, the Navy primarily used its Zeppelins for reconnaissance missions.
First successful rigid airship. LZ 37: Zeppelin: Bomber Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) World War I First Zeppelin shot down by an enemy aircraft. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin: Zeppelin: Transport Luftschiffbau Zeppelin: 1928-1940 Most successful airship in history; regular flights to North and South America; world tour in 1929, Arctic trip ...
Rigid airships consist of a structural framework usually covered in doped fabric containing a number of gasbags or cells containing a lifting gas. In the majority of airships constructed before the Second World War, highly flammable hydrogen was used for this purpose, resulting in many airships such as the British R101 and the German Hindenburg being lost in catastrophic fires.
Hugo Eckener (10 August 1868 – 14 August 1954) [1] [2] [3] was the manager of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history.