count and general of the german army ferdinand von zepelin.at these were the ships of the future. assembly and testing took place at his expense on lake bodanskoe. the first-born, 128 m long, was equipped with two engines of 14 horsepower. the flight lasted 18 minutes. the derezable accelerated to... then it fell into the lake, but the designer continued to improve the car. by 1914 , zepelins had made more than 1,500 flights. during the first world war, german troops bombed british cities with them. in 1930 zeppelins had already crossed the atlantic in 118 hours and could fly around the entire globe. they were filled with hydrogen, a flammable and explosive gas. disasters have happened, but the death of the hindenburg airship in 1930. the seventh became significant, it burned out in a matter of seconds while landing in the united states due to an accidental spark from a hydrogen leak. 36 people died. the crash of the hindenburg marked the end of the era of commercial use of the orb. a few years later, the last two holdings, by order of the min