Zeppelins+NP

Zeppelins Zeppelins were the first aircraft used in WWI. The Zeppelins were utilized to drop bombs on enemy warships. As you can see, the zeppelin is basically just a blimp, with bad intentions.  ==== In 1936, the //Hindenburg// (LZ 129), joined it's forerunner in the transatlantic skies, making 11 trips to America. On October 9, 1936 the //Hindenbur//g flew over Camden NJ on its way to Lakehurst and then to Germany. On May 6, 1937 the //Hindenburg//, which was filled with highly flammable hydrogen gas, as the more stable helium was not exported to Germany, exploded in a giant ball of fire at Lakehurst, killing 35 of the 97 people on board and one member of the ground crew. Its destruction, seen by horrified spectators in New Jersey, marked the end of the commercial use of airships. Two days later, the //Graf Zeppelin// was ordered grounded and never flew again. The //Graf Zeppelin// and the newly constructed //Graf Zeppelin II// were dismantled in May of 1940. In====