Zeppelins in a sentence

They separated Chuck Berry and the Beatles from the Led Zeppelins and Bostons and Peter Framptons of the time.

And then from the Twiggy human-toothpaste-tube look of the ’60s to the Pamela Anderson aerodynamic twin engines of the ’80s, the Kate Moss bee stings of the ’90s and the tethered Zeppelins of Kim Kardashian.

Also all sorts of devices from dust size detection devices to giant diamond zeppelins are constructed atom by atom using only carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and chlorine atoms.

Arriving over the Norfolk coast at around 18:30, the Zeppelins encountered new ground defences installed since the September raid; these had no success, although the airship commanders commented on the improved defences of the city.

A special incendiary bullet was developed to shoot at hydrogen -filled Zeppelins over Britain (hydrogen being highly flammable ).

Britain, the United States and Germany were the only constructors of rigid airships, with Italy and France making limited use of Zeppelins handed over as war reparations.

During 1915 the German Navy had some 15 Zeppelins in commission and was able to have two or more patrolling continuously at any one time.

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.

Five Zeppelins attempted to bomb the Midlands on 12–3 March to little effect.

German count Ferdinand von Zeppelin promoted the idea of rigid airships lifted by hydrogen that later were called Zeppelins ; the first of which had its maiden flight in 1900.

However, the dominance of the Zeppelins over the airplanes of that period, which had a range of only a few hundred miles, was diminishing as airplane design advanced.

Huge powered aerostats, characterized by a rigid outer framework and separate aerodynamic skin surrounding the gas bags, were produced, the Zeppelins being the largest and most famous.

In December 1915 additional P class Zeppelins and the first of the new Q class airships, were delivered.

In July 1918, the Tondern Raid conducted by the RAF and Royal Navy, destroyed two Zeppelins in their sheds.

It has been proposed that modern zeppelins could be powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

New production facilities were set up, assembling Zeppelins from components fabricated in Friedrichshafen.

Six Zeppelins were to take part, but two were kept in their shed by high winds and another two were forced to return by engine failure.

The first of these S-class Zeppelins, LZ 91 (L 42) entered service in February 1917.

The first raid of 1917 did not occur until 16–17 March: the five high flying Zeppelins encountered very strong winds and none reached their targets.

The German Navy had some 15 Zeppelins in commission by the end of 1915 and was able to have two or more patrolling continuously at any one time.