biography
pronunciation:
[ekener]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1868–1954)
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| biography:
| Aeronautical engineer, born in Flensburg, N Germany. He helped develop the rigid airship, and became a director of the Zeppelin firm (1911). He piloted the ZR3 on the first Trans-Atlantic airship flight (1924), and commanded the Graf Zeppelin on the first airship flight around the world (1929). |
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