Zeppelin-Staaken

Zeppelin-Staaken (sometimes Zeppelin Werke Staaken), was a German aircraft manufacturer originally named Versuchsbau G.m.b.H. Gotha-Ost (Experimental Works Gotha-East (V.G.O.)) when it was formed in mid-1914 by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Robert Bosch. The company rented facilities in Gotha with the objective to build large, long-range bomber aircraft. Alexander Baumann was hired by Zeppelin as the head designer. The company moved to the village of Staaken, near Berlin, in mid-1916 and was renamed Flugzeugwerft G.m.b.H., although it was commonly known as Zeppelin-Staaken.

A Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI

Aircraft built

• Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge
  • Zeppelin-Staaken L
  • Zeppelin-Staaken R.IV
  • Zeppelin-Staaken R.V
  • Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
  • Zeppelin-Staaken R.VII
  • Zeppelin-Staaken 8301
  • Zeppelin-Staaken R.XIV
  • Zeppelin-Staaken R.XV
  • Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI
  • Zeppelin-Staaken E-4/20

See also

• Riesenflugzeug

References

Bibliography

• Haddow, George William & Grosz, Peter Michael (1988) [1962]. The German Giants: The German R-Planes 1914 – 1918 (3rd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-812-7.

External links

• Zeppelin-Staaken R.III German Military Aviation Service