Karl Gehlen was the chief designer of the

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH company, formed on June 17, 1912 by Diplom Ingenieur

Theodor Kober Theodor Kober (1865 - 1930) was a twentieth-century German aviation engineer who contributed to the building of the first Zeppelin. Life Kober was born 13 February 1865 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg. As an engineer Kober had worked fo ...

, a working associate of Graf

Ferdinand von Zeppelin Graf, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (; 8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a General (Germany), German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the ...

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