It was a blimp. The German's just before WW2 had one called the Hindenburg, a passenger ship, that blew up as it was coming into New Jersey from Germany. You can see film of it. One man died, but it looks like the entire blimp is one big ball of fire.
zeppelin
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Albert Santos Dumont
It was a German airship and it carried 97 persons of which 35 died. It was flying to Lakehurst in New Jersey.
The german airship crashed when securing (landing) in New York and burst into flames. All on board were killed. This made the end of the airship era.
Hindenburg
The German dirigible 'Hindenburg' probably carried the most trans-Atlantic passengers. This is the airship that crashed and burned at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
The airship in 1900, known as the LZ 1, was designed and built by the German aviation pioneer Ferdinand von Zeppelin. This airship was significant as it marked the beginning of the Zeppelin airship era, characterized by rigid airships that utilized a framework to maintain their shape. The LZ 1 made its first flight on July 2, 1900, in Lake Constance, Germany.
Count Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich von Zeppelin.
The Zeppelin airship was invented in 1900 by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a German count and aviation pioneer. The first successful flight of a Zeppelin airship, known as the LZ 1, took place on July 2, 1900, over Lake Constance in Germany. This marked the beginning of the era of rigid airships.
LZ 129 is not an element. It refers to the German passenger airship Graf Zeppelin.
Do you mean the observation balloons? These were called Drakens.also - zeppelins were used for observation at first.