78 years old.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, yes he did.
Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin died in 1917, so Dr. Hugo Eckener became the new leader of his company.
Germany
The aircraft was pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, so they were named after him. Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin named his airships after himself.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin died on March 8, 1917 at the age of 78.
airships
An airship. It was named after the person, Graf Zeppelin, who was an airship pioneer. "Graf" was his title, it is equivalent to "count" in English, so he is sometimes referred to as count Zeppelin.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin was born on July 8, 1838 and died on March 8, 1917. Ferdinand von Zeppelin would have been 78 years old at the time of death or 177 years old today.
He was French.
From the man that designed and manufactured them Count Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin
The German's used Zepplins. Zepplin was a German company owned by Count Von Zepplin.
They were pioneered by the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th Century based on outlines designed in 1874