Zeppelin-Staaken
Former German aircraft manufacturer
Zeppelin-Staaken (sometimes Zeppelin Werke Staaken), was a German aircraft manufacturer originally named Versuchsbau G.m.b.H. Gotha-Ost (Experimental Works Gotha-East (V.G.O.)) when it was formed in mid-1914 by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Robert Bosch. The company rented facilities in Gotha with the objective to build large, long-range bomber aircraft. Alexander Baumann was hired by Zeppelin as the head designer. The company moved to the village of Staaken, near Berlin, in mid-1916 and was renamed Flugzeugwerft G.m.b.H., although it was commonly known as Zeppelin-Staaken.[1]
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Aircraft built
- Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge
- Zeppelin-Staaken L
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.IV
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.V
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII
- Zeppelin-Staaken 8301
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.XV
- Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI
- Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20
See also
- Riesenflugzeug
References
Citations
- ^ Haddow & Grosz, pp. 209–211, 230–231
Bibliography
- Haddow, George William & Grosz, Peter Michael (1988) [1962]. The German Giants: The German R-Planes 1914 – 1918 (3rd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-812-7.
External links
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Zeppelin aircraft
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1Early Army designations, used pre-war. 2Wartime Army LZ designations were not always matched to Zeppelin's LZ hull number.