Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1838-1917 Born in Konstanz, Baden. Count von Zeppelin joined the Army at 16 and earned his commission by the time he was 20. Five years later, as a military observer for the King of Württemburg, he traveled with the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was in that service that the young count had gone aloft in military observation balloons. During Zeppelin's military career, he fought in the Seven-Weeks War (1866) and …showed first 75 words of 569 total…

…showed last 75 words of 569 total…over 100 hours duration from over the 100 'Zeppelins' used in World War 1. . Bibiogrephic Information Internet Address- http://www.biography.com/find/bioengine.cgi?cmd=1&rec=15027 Internet Address- http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aerojava/vzeppelin.htm Internet Address- http://top.monad.net/~wonko/First_Zeps.html Internet Address- http://www.zf.com/history.htm Internet Address- http://www-osp.stanford.edu/drama258/TorWeb/Zeppelin.html Author- Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 7, Page 393 Title- "History of Flight" Copyright Date- 1983 Publisher-Encyclopedia Britanica