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Airships had flown since the 1850s, but the first rigid airship to comfortably carry passengers - the Zeppelin - had its maiden voyage at Lake Constance on 2nd July, 1900.\nThe passion project of German aristocrat Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the \u2018golden age\u2019 craft were freezing cold on-board, and precarious: the majority of them eventually crashed. Nonetheless, his pluckiness captured the German imagination, raising millions of Reichsmarks, and inspiring Hitler to co-opt the machines for political and military means.\nIn this episode, Rebecca, Olly and Arion consider how Zeppelin\u2019s connections to Daimler saved his start-up; explain why the Hindenburg (fatefully) ended up being filled with hydrogen, rather than helium; and reveal the plans of a Bedfordshire-based business to bring blimps back to Britain\u2019s skies...\nFurther Reading\n\u2022 \u2018A History of German Airship Aviation\u2019 at Google Arts & Culture:\nhttps://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-dream-of-flight-a-history-of-german-airship-aviation-zeppelin-museum-friedrichshafen/cQJywRaJSvazIw?hl=en\n\u2022 \u2018The Hindenburg Disaster in 1937\u2019 from PennLive (2017):\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b94SPaP7mU\n\u2022 The Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander 10 - from their official website:\xa0\nhttps://www.hybridairvehicles.com/our-aircraft/airlander-10/\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\n\ufeffThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#1900s #Inventions #Technology #Germany\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices