02315cam a22003493u 4500 32570 UtSlPG 20260610133737.0 m cr n 260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 23016177 UtSlPG en iso639-1 TL Vissering, Harry Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2010 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2010-05-28 Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement" by Harry Vissering is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the life and innovations of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a key figure in the development of rigid airships and the aviation industry. It highlights Zeppelin’s vision for aerial transportation, covering his numerous designs and the successful flights of his airships that influenced both military and commercial aviation. The opening of the text introduces Count Zeppelin as a military officer who turned his attention towards creating airships. It recounts his early life and military career, followed by his fascination with flight sparked during the American Civil War and later experiences in Europe. The text further delineates his relentless pursuit of funding and support for his airship projects, culminating in the successful first flight of his rigid airship, LZ-1, in 1900. This revolutionized transportation, placing Zeppelin at the forefront of aerial innovation, which the book promises to explore in greater detail. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Aeronautics, Military Airships Zeppelin, Ferdinand, Graf von, 1838-1917 Aeronautics, Commercial https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32570 73416 73416