Claudius Dornier made a distinct impression with Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin while working on the still-born giant civil airship in 1913, who promptly set him up as chief designer of the Zeppelin-Werke at Lindau, responsible for building large patrol flying boats.
Patrick Alexander was respected by fellow aeronautical pioneers and knew Octave Chanute, the Wright brothers, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Lawrence Hargrave, Louis Blériot, Henry Farman, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Charles Rolls of Rolls-Royce and Major Baden Baden-Powell, as well as European heads of state and royalty.
Led Zeppelin | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Otto von Bismarck | Ferdinand Marcos | Alexander von Humboldt | Wernher von Braun | Carl Maria von Weber | Ferdinand Magellan | Herbert von Karajan | Franz Ferdinand | Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher | Ferdinand II of Aragon | John von Neumann | Franz Ferdinand (band) | Lars von Trier | Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria | Ferdinand von Mueller | Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor | Ferdinand I | Paul von Hindenburg | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Heinrich von Kleist | Anne Sofie von Otter | Zeppelin | Ferdinand | Erich von Stroheim | Max von Sydow | Louis-Ferdinand Céline | Justus von Liebig | Ferdinand Foch |
The reliefs of famous seafarers and airmen include Christopher Columbus, Count Zeppelin and Charles Lindbergh.
The first Zeppelin-Staaken R-planes were designed by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, aided by Robert Bosch GmbH (engineers), the V.G.O. I, (Versuchsbau Gotha-Ost), was built at Gothaer Waggonfabrik due to lack of facilities at the Zeppelin works, hence the V.G.O. Designator.