LZ 5

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LZ 5 damaged by a collision with a pear tree
LZ 5 poorly repaired after the collision with the pear tree
LZ 5 after the destruction near Weilburg

The Zeppelin LZ 5 was the fifth airship of Count Zeppelin and the second airship of the German army .

history

In 1908 the LZ 5 was laid down and was able to take off for the first time on May 26, 1909. From May 29, 1909 to June 2, 1909, the new airship made a long-distance journey from Lake Constance to Bitterfeld and back. It covered 1194 kilometers in 38 hours and 40 minutes. During this trip there was a collision with a pear tree near Göppingen . The ship was repaired with some hop poles and drove on to Lake Constance.

The army then took over LZ 5 under the army code Z II. During its transfer trip from Lake Constance to its new location in Cologne , the Zeppelin visited the International Aviation Exhibition in Frankfurt am Main. As an army airship, LZ 5 / Z II carried out 16 journeys totaling 2,478 kilometers.

End of LZ 5

On April 24, 1910, the zeppelin ran aground during a storm near Weilburg an der Lahn and was scrapped.

Technical specifications

  • Carrying gas volume: 15,000 m³ hydrogen
  • Length: 136.0 m
  • Diameter: 13.0 m
  • Payload: 4.6 t
  • Drive: two Daimler engines; 105 PS (77 kW) each
  • Speed: 13.5 m / s (48.6 km / h)

literature

  • Peter Meyer: Airships - The History of the German Zeppelins , Wehr & Wissen, Koblenz / Bonn 1980.

See also