The very first Zeppelin produced, dubbed the LZ-1, or Luftschiff Zeppelin 1, looked promising when it was first built in 1899, but when it flew in 1900, it went over like a proverbial lead balloon.

A NEW Zeppelin airship, LZ-129, is now nearing completion in Germany (Science Service, June 6), and if satisfactory will be put into service as a sister ship to the Graf Zeppelin, now operating ...

Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik is to produce a long-range version of its Zeppelin LZ N07 navigable airship for transcontinental tours. The German manufacturer has started work on a 125m (410ft)-long ...

The image shown above likely depicts the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, an airship built in Germany in 1928. That dirigible's most famous flight occurred in 1929, when it circumnavigated the globe in 21 ...