Zeppelins were named for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of this country
... Zeppelin's ideas for large dirigibles was first expressed in a diary entry 
dated 25... [DOC] [TLE] Zeppelin - Wikipedia [PAR] A Zeppelin was a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand 
von Zeppelin ... Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche ... 
operated regular transatlantic flights from Germany to North America and Brazil.