LZ 6 entering a floating hanger, Halle, Germany Franz Kellerhoven 'The Heart of the Empire'

'The Heart of the Empire'

James Short was one of Britain's leading instrument makers in the mid 18th century

Belle Sauvage Inn

East Sussex

Plate 309 from chapter 99 of Gleanings of natural history

LZ 6 entering a floating hanger, Halle, Germany Franz Kellerhoven 'The Heart of the Empire'LZ 6 entering a floating hanger, Halle, Germany, c1909 1910 (1933). Floating hangars were used to house the early Zeppelins as they could be aligned to the wind, making launching the airships easier. LZ6 was the first of the Zeppelins to be used for commercial passenger transport. A photograph from Zeppelin Weltfahrten, Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ127 Graf Zepplin 1932, Dresden, 1933.