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You will hear a man called Wilhelm Zeppelin talking on the radio about his great-grandfather
Ferdinand. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences.
Wilhelm Zeppelin is
Ferdinand von Zeppelin began making airships more than
Ferdinand was originally a
9
that Ferdinand von Zeppelin is
still so famous.
don't have a specific
ravel on water as we
you beam to do some tra
10
ago.
90
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not an inventor.
While visiting
After this, he became interested in making a
12
as a young man, Ferdinand flew in an
you can choose to liste
'aerostat', an early form of balloon. you can buy local souv
13 which there is a surprise eve
could carry passengers around the world.
His first patent described the airship he had designed as a flying
Unlike balloons, Ferdinand's airship had
The
The German
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14
15
so it could
fly into the wind.
of his airship LZ-1 took place on 2 July 1900.
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asked him to build a fleet of airships.
Zeppelin wanted his airships to be used for travel rather than only for
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