A rigid airship built by the German Zeppelin Airship Company. Veteran Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) completed the first airship, LZ1, in 1900, and subsequently built new airships one after another with the aim of making them practical. During World War I, they were used for bombing raids on Belgium and Britain, and in 1929, the Count Zeppelin successfully flew around the world, and regular service between Germany and North and South America also began. The cabin of a large airship was like that of a passenger ship running on the surface of the sea, and passengers could enjoy luxurious meals and music, and they crossed the ocean faster than ships. However, on the evening of May 6, 1937, when the Hindenburg LZ129, which had crossed the Atlantic, arrived at Lakehurst, New Jersey, the moment the mooring rope was lowered to the ground, the paint on the air envelope probably ignited due to static electricity, igniting the hydrogen gas inside and bursting into flames, killing 36 people. This accident marked the end of the Zeppelin airship. (→Airship) Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information |
ドイツのツェッペリン飛行船会社が建造した硬式飛行船。退役軍人フェルディナンド・フォン・ツェッペリン伯爵 (1838~1917) が 1900年1号船 LZ1を完成し,その後次々に新しい飛行船をつくって実用化を目指した。第1次世界大戦中はベルギーやイギリスへの空襲に使われ,1929年に『ツェッペリン伯』号で世界一周飛行に成功,ドイツと南北アメリカとの定期運航も開始した。大型飛行船のキャビンは海面を走る客船と同様,豪華な食事や音楽を楽しむことができ,船よりも速く大洋を横断した。しかし 1937年5月6日夕刻,大西洋を渡ってきた『ヒンデンブルク号』 LZ129がアメリカ合衆国のニュージャージー州レイクハーストに到着したとき,繋留索を地上におろした瞬間,おそらくは気嚢の塗料が静電気によって火を発し,内部の水素ガスに引火して燃え上がり,36人の犠牲者を出した。この事故で,ツェッペリン飛行船は終焉を迎えた。 (→飛行船 )
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