Zeppelin LZ1

First flight : 2 July 1900

Design : Theodor Kober

Class : A

Engines : 2 Daimler NL-1 14 hp piston engines

General information :

First successful rigid airship. First flown from a floating hangar on Lake Constance.

With 5 people it reached a height of 410m and flew 6 km in 17 minutes. Two more flights were made but no investors were interested and the airship had to be scrapped by lack of funds.

Length : 128m diameter : 11.73m Volume : 11298 m3 useful lift : 12428 kg

Max speed : 27 km/hr

Literature :

Wikipedia