The son of German nobility, Zeppelin entered the military and, as was expected of aristocrats of the time, served in the American Civil War. While in the United States, he became interested in air travel after observing balloons being used by the...

1838-1917 German Military Officer and Inventor Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin was responsible for the development of the dirigible, a lighter-than-air vehicle known as the zeppelin. These airships were used extensively in the early 1900s until the...

Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf (Count) von Zeppelin (July 8, 1838 – March 8, 1917) was a German aircraft manufacturer, the founder of the Zeppelin Airship company. He was born in Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden (now part of Baden-Württemberg,...

Zeppelin soars again, this time with helium First of new airships will journey to Japan By WINFRIED ROTHERMEL Associated Press Sunday, June 13, 2004 Friedrichshafen, Germany -- Makers of the revived Zeppelin airship delivered their first helium-filled craft to a...

Ferdinand von Fürstenberg, Fürstbischof von Paderborn und Münster: Friedensfürst und Guter Hirt. Edited by Nobert Börste and Jörg Ernesti. [Paderborner Theologische Studien, Band 42. ] (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh. 2004. Pp. 634. euro29.90.) This work is the result of a collaboration among a variety...