Zeppelin LZ 1

Zeppelin LZ 1
First Zeppelin flight, above a boat at Lake Constance
Role Experimental airship
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt
Designer Theodor Kober
First flight 2 July 1900
Number built 1

The Zeppelin LZ 1 was the first successful experimental rigid airship. It was first flown from a floating hangar on Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen in southern Germany, on 2 July 1900. "LZ" stood for Luftschiff Zeppelin, or "Airship Zeppelin".

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