Eighty-Eight Zeppelins During the War
Few persons know that during the war alone Luftschiffbau-Zeppelin designed and built 88 airships at their four great construction plants, as follows:
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | Total | |
| At Friedrichshafen | 6 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 59 |
| At Potsdam | 1 | 7 | 8 | — | — | 16 |
| At Staaken | — | — | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| At Frankfort on Main | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 8 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 88 |
Zeppelin-Dornier “Dragon Fly” All Metal Flying Boat, 1921.
Wing span, 28 feet, weight empty 858 pounds. Water tight bulkheads are provided in-side fins and wings.
Zeppelin-Dornier “Dragon Fly” All Metal Flying Boat, 1921.
With wings folded greatest width is only 10½ feet.
That in itself was a remarkable achievement which could have been accomplished only by possessing the scientific knowledge borne of experience. But it is not all.