airships
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, yes he did.
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.
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.
DirigibleActually, he invented the Zeppelin, but i guess a dirigible is just about the same thing...
March 14, 1899
He was French.
Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin otherwise known as Ferdinand von zepelin invented the airship (such an original name!) called the zeppelin.
78 years old.
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