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2nd July 1900: LZ 1, the first rigid Zeppelin airship, makes its maiden flight over Lake Constance in Germany

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The LZ 1 featured a rigid aluminium frame covered with a fabric skin, within which was a series of 17 individual gas cells made from rubberized ...