Aeronautic designer Ferdinand von Zeppelin laid the groundwork for a dream that he never saw in his lifetime, the Graf Zeppelin. Zeppelin’s legacy is now available for today’s aviation enthusiast. German general turned aircraft manufacturer, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin is said to have been inspired in aeronautics by participating in a balloon ascent while visiting German-born former army balloonist John Steiner in St. Paul, Missouri during the American Civil ...