What is Zeppelin?
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best band ever formed actually titled "led zeppelin"
"tash u will orgasm if you listen to zeppelin"
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A flying vehicle that is, basically, a gigantic oval ballon filled with
A very interesting flying device that was popular in the beginning of the 20th Century, but unfortunately, lost its popularity because it was replaced by
I wish I could fly once in a Zeppelin. I bet it is much more fun and luxurious than flying in a plane.
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A common name for the derigable airship which has been assimilated into the English language. Like "Kleenex," many people use it despite the fact that it is a trademark of the Zeppelin Company.
I took a trip in the zeppelin...uh, I mean...derigable. Damn copyrights.
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A lighter-than-air craft specifically built by Zeppelin Luftschiffbau (pre WW2)or Zeppelin Luftschifftecknik (present day).
A lighter-than-air craft of this type made by any other manufacturer would simply be called a "rigid airship".
Blimps are NOT zeppelins.
Dude, that it one funky zeppelin.
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A rigid airship first designed in Germany by Count (Graf) Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the 1870s. The Hindenburg (LZ 129) is the most famous example. It's crash on 06 May 1937 essentially ended the era of large Zeppelins for commercial transport.
LZ is a German abbreviation for Luftfahrzeug.
The Goodyear Blimp is a modern version of a Zeppelin, but unlike the Hindenburg, is much smaller and filled with inert helium instead of flammable hydrogen.
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A Zeppelin, in more correct terminology, is a Rigid Arship, or Derigable. Made famous by the giant Zeppelins of Germany in the 1920's and 30's, and the Hindenburg which crashed.
A zeppelin isn't a plane, dumbass.
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The whales of the sky! The high flying mobilized balloon. Big, but impractical for production and militaristic use. Used for advertising during sports games.
Damn those zeppelins, they keep blocking my view of Mars for astronomy class!
