Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've always heard of 4 Zeppelin's. Robert,Jimmy,Jon, and John. Jon's gone and now they will tour with Jason. "Ramble On" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" Subject: Re: [Leica] Internet Service Interruption > At 07:14 PM 12/4/2007, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >Marc > > > >I sincerely doubt that there were 100 Zeppelins ever made. None of my > >extensive dirigible and LTA > >literature indicates that.. > > Well, no. There were more than a hundred -- the German Army and Navy > commissioned more than a hundred in the First War, and the > British commissioned another dozen or fifteen, while the US Navy had four > Zeppelin-derived rigid airships. > > The Zeppelin company designed 130 rigid airships (GRAF ZEPPELIN II ws > LZ-130) but ten or so of these were never built. > > A complete list is available in the late Dr Robinson's GIANTS IN THE SKY. > I can scan and send a list if you are really that > interested. > > But the name of the exchange was just a code name, "100 Zeppelin". The > Nazis HATED rigid airships and the name was just a > codeword and no more. I was simply impressed that 100 Zeppelin was the > main German exchange and that, today, 200 Paul seems to be > the principal Internet node in the Bay Area. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information