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Zeppelin: The Story of a Great Achievement

By Harry Vissering

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Zeppelin
The Story of a Great Achievement
FOREWORD
CHAPTER I
- Zeppelin and His Airships
- An Officer in the American Union Army
- Zeppelin’s First Rigid Design
- Financing the First Zeppelin Company
- The First Zeppelin Flight
- The First Company Dissolved Through Lack of Funds
- Assisted by the King of Wurttemberg
- Handicapped by Motor Trouble
- Successful Trials with the Third Zeppelin
- The Government Becomes Interested
- Zeppelins for Commerce and War
- The Zeppelin Endowment
- The Beginning of the Zeppelin Organization
- Early Development and Flights
- Hailed as National Hero
- The New Construction Plant
- Military Value Proved by Commercial Operation
- Activities Early in the War
- Operations with the Fleet
- The Growth of the Zeppelins
- North Sea Patrol Flights
- Zeppelins Become Lighter and Stronger
- The Zeppelin Observation Car
- Anti-Aircraft Defenses Compel Zeppelins to Fly Higher
- Faster Zeppelins for Scouting
- Zeppelin Vision of World Transport
- His Will Carried Out After His Death
- The Record Flight of L-59
- 4225 Miles in Less than Four Days
- Larger Zeppelins More Powerful
- The Most Remarkable Scientific Development in the History of Aeronautics
- Seventy Percent Speed Increase
- Refinement in Design
- Eighty-Eight Zeppelins During the War
- One Hundred and Fifteen Zeppelins Built and Operated
- Scientific Comparison
- Efficiency Characteristics of Some of the Latest and Best Airships of All Nations
CHAPTER II
- The Zeppelin Organization at the Time of Its Greatest Activity 1918-1919
- Many Subsidiary Companies
- The Construction Plants
- The Airship Factories
- The Hydrogen Plant
- Powerful Radio Station
- The Great Zeppelin Hangars
- The Potsdam Plant
- The Colossal Staaken Plant
- The Duralumin Works
- The Woodworking Factory
- The Maybach Motor Works
- Performance of Engines—1892-1918
- The Employment and Training System
- The Zeppelin-Maybach Gearless Car
- New Methods of Gas Bag Fabrication
- The Maag-Zeppelin Gear Works
- The Hangar Construction Company
- Zeppelin Production of Airplanes
- The Zeppelin-Dornier Metal Monoplanes
- Twenty-one Dornier Designs
- Zeppelin Builds Giant Airplanes
- The Airplane Works at Staaken
- Social Welfare Institutions of the Zeppelin Organizations
CHAPTER III
- Operations of Commercial Zeppelins
- The First Air Transport Company
- Part of the Aviation Reserve
- Created the First Airship Harbor
- Like Land and Water Services
- The “Schwaben” Filled all Requirements
- Accommodations for Many Passengers
- Development of Adequate Hangars
- Many Long Commercial Flights
- Developed Airship Navigation
- Zeppelins Operated Safely
- Commercial Operations of the Zeppelin
- Trained Germany’s Airship Forces
- Commercial Operations Resumed
- The “Bodensee” an Improved Type
- Carried Thirty Passengers
- One Hundred and Three Flights in Ninety-Eight Days
- The “Nordstern” a Sister Ship
CHAPTER IV
- The Zeppelin Organization and Facilities Today
- Research and Development Work Continues
- Zeppelin Able to Produce All Types
- Guaranteed Performance Based on Actual Experience
- Complete Airship Navigation Data Now Available
- Zeppelin Organization Equipped for New Conditions
- Two and a Half Days Trans-Atlantic Service Possible
- New York-Chicago Route Difficult but Practicable
- Many Engineering Problems Solved
- Zeppelin Now Aims to Increase Efficiency
- Commercial Operations Data Compiled
- The Public will Accept Airship Transportation Here as Abroad
- Zeppelin Ready to Participate in Development Throughout the World