He built his own aircraft in 1910 and soon went to work for the Zeppelin Company building airships.

Following the war, Lippisch worked with the Zeppelin Company, and it was at this time that he first became interested in tail-less aircraft.

Zeppelin died in 1917, and a young airship pilot, Hugo Eckener, took over the Zeppelin Company after the war.

As well as the Zeppelin Company, Schütte-Lanz also manufactured rigid airships.

The Channings are very loosely based upon the Adelts, journalists who were closely affiliated with the Zeppelin Company.

To Chief Stouffer such background checks were routine; he had often been called on to perform such tasks for the Zeppelin Company.

"Actually, I'm an engineer with the Zeppelin Company."

Eckener, however, had by this time little influence on the Zeppelin Company.

The Zeppelin Company purchased five tons of duralumin from the wreck.

The Zeppelin Company also carried out extensive tests and hydrogen had never ignited.