Image courtesy of the Bain Newspaper Collection at The Library Of Congress at Washington D.C.
The Zeppelin 3 (
LZ3) entering its hangar on lake Bodensee 1908. The most successful of the early Zeppelin designs it flew 45 flights totaling 4,398 kilometres (2,733 miles).
The LZ 3 was bought by the German military and re designated Z 1, serving as a training ship until 1913 when it was scrapped.
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