Show Count von VOll Zeppelin Ferdinand Count von Zeppelin the German inventor of airships named after him was born in 1838 at ht Constance Co stance He joined the army at the age of twenty In 1863 he took part in the American Civil war on the Union side Returning to Germany he saw active service in inthe inthe inthe the wars of 1866 and 1870 It was in America that he made his first trip by balloon Leaving the army in 1891 says London Answers Mag Mag- Magazine Magazine azine he took up seriously the study I of aeronautics and in 1900 made a successful flight of sixty miles in I two hours in his first airship In the following years much progress was made until at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance his works were were turning out the airships so much used in the Great war and since Zeppelin died in 1918 |