Edelweiss Zeppelin NT Herpa Wings HE557528 Scale 1:200

Highly detailed Herpa Wings (Miniaturmodelle) true-to-scale aircraft model Small scale and life-like model for adult collectors. Not suitable for children under 14 years! Edelweiss Zeppelin NT Herpa Wings HE557528 Scale 1:200 Item#: HE557528 Material: Diecast metal Scale: 1:200 A Zeppelin was a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's ideas were first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893. They were patented in Germany in 1895 and in the United States in 1899.[3] After the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the word zeppelin came to be commonly used to refer to all rigid airships. Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG), the world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had carried over 10,000 fare-paying passengers on over 1,500 flights. During World War I the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and scouts, killing over 500 people in bombing raids in Britain.