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  2. Hindenburg-class airship - Wikipedia

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    Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei: Number built: 2 ... Capacity: ca. 50 passengers for LZ-129 (later upgraded to 72), 40 passengers for LZ-130; Length: 245.3 m (803 ft 10 in)

  3. LZ 129 Hindenburg - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. List of Zeppelins - Wikipedia

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    The LZ 128 was similar to the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, but shorter and wider. Designed as a passenger airship to carry 25 passengers and 10 tons of cargo, the LZ 128 was cancelled in 1930 due to the crash of the R101, the dangers of hydrogen being made clear. LZ 129 Hindenburg (first Hindenburg class airship) civilian 4 March 1936

  5. List of Parseval airships - Wikipedia

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    Regular passenger flights with up to seven passengers and 4 crew from the International air exhibition in Frankfurt/Main from 7 August until the end of October 1909. Total 74 flights. Put out of service after flying into the sea on 1910-05-16; Power plant: two 81 kW (110 PS) N.A.G.-Motors, each driving a four-bladed airprop; max speed: 51 km/h

  6. Zeppelin - Wikipedia

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    The LZ 1 (LZ for Luftschiff Zeppelin, or "Zeppelin Airship") was 128 metres (420 ft) long with a hydrogen capacity of 11,000 m 3 (400,000 cu ft), was driven by two 15 horsepower (11 kW) Daimler engines each driving a pair of propellers mounted either side of the envelope via bevel gears and a driveshaft, and was controlled in pitch by moving a ...

  7. LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - Wikipedia

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    [192] [193] Graf Zeppelin II made 30 test, promotional, propaganda and military surveillance flights around Europe using hydrogen between September 1938 and August 1939; it never entered commercial passenger service. On 4 March 1940, Göring ordered Graf Zeppelin and Graf Zeppelin II to be scrapped, and their airframes to be melted down for the ...

  8. List of large aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Capacity Notes Ilya Muromets: 1913 airliner/bomber: 85+ 19.13 yards (17.49 meters) 32.58 yards (29.79 meters) 4.527 tons: Pax: 16: First multi-engine aircraft in serial production, Russky Vityaz development Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI: 1916 Bomber: 56: 24.168 yards (22.099 meters) 46.15 yards (42.20 meters) 11.613 tons: Largest WWI aircraft in ...

  9. LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin - Wikipedia

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    The Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #130; Registration: D-LZ 130) was the last of the German rigid airships built by Zeppelin Luftschiffbau during the period between the World Wars, the second and final ship of the Hindenburg class, and the second zeppelin to carry the name "Graf Zeppelin" (after the LZ 127) and thus often referred to as Graf Zeppelin II.