Zeppelin

The Zeppelin

“In Leicester square they stopped and looked up at the sky and there was a Zeppelin floating like a strange, silver fish.” (Pg 222)

Zeppelin are a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by Croatian aviation pioneer David Schwarz. Due to the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the term //zeppelin// in casual use came to refer to all rigid dirigibles. ([|Wikipedia])

Zeppelins are large aircraft, which float when filled with hot air. During world war two they were used as bomber but were not very successful because they were s easily shot down. Probably the most famous was the pre World War Zeppelin, the Hindenburg, which burned and crashed at Lakehurst (New Jersey) upon landing.

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