| Zeppelin LZ 1 | |
|---|---|
| |
| First Zeppelin flight, above a boat at Lake Constance | |
| Role | Experimental airship |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt |
| Designer | Theodor Kober |
| First flight | 2 July 1900 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Zeppelin LZ 1 was the first successful experimental rigid airship. It was first flown from a floating hangar on Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, on 2 July 1900.[1] "LZ" stood for Luftschiff Zeppelin, or "Airship Zeppelin".
- ^ Lueger, Otto: Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften, Bd. 1 Stuttgart, Leipzig 1920., S. 404–412. Luftschiff