This count retired from the Prussian army in 1891 to build the motor-driven airships that bore his name
RX_Sith, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:37 PM  #355... [DOC] [TLE] Graf von Ferdinand Zeppelin facts, information, pictures ... [PAR] In 1891 he retired from the Prussian army to devote himself to the building of 
motor-driven airships.