Airship Express | Golden Years of DELAG

While largely forgotten over the 20th century, the beginnings of passenger air travel began with airships. It was the Zeppelin airships of the German Airship Travel Corporation that would be the first to carry commercial passengers and operate from a series of specially built airports across the German Empire. In 1909, these new airliners would take center stage at Zeppelin, after years of disappointingly few sales to the military.
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Primary:
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Von Zeppelin, Ferdinand. Die Luftschiffahrt Und Die Modernen Luftfahrzeuge. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1909.
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Secondary:
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[@rieger.design]

I find the look of those old airships futuristic like - even today

[@theromanorder]

Wow how am I first? Can you please do a video on converted passenger to war plans

[@jlvfr]

The switch to cow "fabric" would cause problems during WWI, because there weren't enough cows...

[@foff3804]

Like rubber trees would have been plentiful in Germany.

[@SDCornishman]

Quiet a lot of shots of US Navy Ships

[@o80y1]

Violent Gust Fring

[@laszlokocsi1825]

Its soo cool looking at it,my dream since i was a child to fly in one ❤

[@makschorney2514]

A pity that about 75% of the images are from the 1930's and NOT the 1910s!

[@PlaneEncyclopediaYT]

Hard to find those of good quality and with our non-existent budget

[@guaporeturns9472]

Why is that a “pity”?