Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German: Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin; [1] 8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. He founded the company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.

斐迪南·冯·齐柏林伯爵（Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin，1838年7月8日—1917年3月8日），出生于巴登大公国的康斯坦茨（Konstanz, Grand Duchy of Baden）（现属于德国巴登-符腾堡州），德国贵族、工程师和飞行员。

Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin (born July 8, 1838, Konstanz, Baden [Germany]—died March 8, 1917, Charlottenburg, near Berlin) was a German military official who was the first notable builder of rigid dirigible airships, for which his surname is still a popular generic term.

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin) was born on July 8, 1838 on an island in the Bodensee (Lake Constance). He attended the military academy at Ludwigsburg, near Stuttgart, and at age 20 became an officer in the army of Wurttemberg.

2012年7月8日 · He found a place in American history when on May 6, 1937 a Zeppelin aircraft, the "Hindenburg," caught fire for an unknown reason over New Jersey with 36 of 97 passengers plus one ground crew member dying, and most survivors being severely burned.

齐柏林飞艇（Zeppelin）是一种或一系列硬式飞艇（Rigid airship）的总称，是著名的德国飞船设计家斐迪南·冯·齐柏林伯爵（Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin）在20世纪初期以大卫·舒瓦兹（David Schwarz）所设计的飞艇为蓝本，进一步发展而来。

2019年2月20日 · Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was the inventor of the rigid airship or dirigible balloon. He was born July 8, 1838, in Konstanz, Prussia, and educated at the Ludwigsburg Military Academy and the University of Tübingen.

On July 8, 1838, German aviation pioneer Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was born. After retiring from his military carreer, he built the first rigid dirigible airships, named Zeppelin, and founded the Zeppelin airship company.

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) was born in Konstanz, Baden on 8 April 1838 and was the first large-scale builder of the rigid dirigibles which eventually became synonymous with his name. Count von Zeppelin's military career was somewhat varied.

26 May 1909: The creation of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the rigid airship LZ-5 made its first flight at Lake Constance (Bodensee). This was an experimental airship, 442 feet (136 meters) long, with a diameter of 42 feet (13 meters).