LZ 5
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.