Designed by Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, the rigid airships were marvels of engineering: 446 feet long, built of 16 linked duralumin rings braced with wire and girders to hold bags of ...

National Postal Museum, SI On December 8, 1934, the dirigible Graf Zeppelin—named for one inventor of hydrogen airships, Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin—departed its Friedrichshafen ...

The German military used Zeppelins - giant airships that could turn off ... Named for their inventor, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the cigar-shaped aircraft were filled with gas and could fly ...