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Joseph-Michel and Jaques-Etienne Montgolfier of France are widely held to have flown the first balloon capable of useful lift. |
The French inventor of the first dirigible using a steam injection engine. |
An American inventor who created the “Aereon” dirigible that succeeded in sustainable controlled flight simply by using air movements passing over the airship as it raised or lowered. |
A Brazillian airship pioneer who built and flew many airships in Paris and demonstrated their legitimacy. |
Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin Inventor of his own namesake, the zeppelin rigid airship. |
He worked with Count von Zeppelin from the beginning and designed every airship built by the Zeppelin Company. |
He is the most successful airship commander in history. He ran the Zeppelin Company and circumnavigated the globe in the Graf Zeppelin among many other feats. |
Senior German Airship Captain and member of the Zeppelin Company. |
A British journalist who was the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air on the Graf Zeppelin. |
A highly experienced American Airship Commander and strong proponent of rigid airships. |