Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft

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DELAG share, 1910
DELAG postmark, 1910

Air transport company flying Zeppelins on lines across Germany, with headquarters in Frankfurt. Started with problems in 1910; started reliable service in 1911. Fleet commandeered by German military at the outbreak of World War I.[1]

Known commonly to English speakers by its acronym DELAG.[1]

DELAG was a subsidiary of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G. m. b. H., but founded with 3,000,000 marks of new capital from eager investors.[2]

Three (or more?) vessels, the Schwaben (introduced 1911), Viktoria Louise and Hansa (1912), the latter two of which carried 24 passengers and a 12-man crew, and featured kitchens with electric heat serving hot meals.[1]

(The odd entry of rightholder "Deutsche Luftschiffhallen-Bau-Gesellschaft “System Ermus” m. b. H.", in Patent HU-1914-67798, is intriguing. This firm, mentioned in Macholz, 1914, Luftschiffahrt und Hallenbau as Deutsche Luftschiffhallenbau-Gesellschaft m.b.H., may be affiliated with this Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft. The portable airship hangars produced or maintained by said firm, and the System Ermus itself, may have facilitated in the operation of the above-mentioned Zeppelin network.

Patents associated with organization named Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft

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Organization names Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft; DELAG; German Air Navigation Company
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Country DE
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Started aero 1910
Ended aero 1914
Keywords airship, hangars, infrastructure
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