10 November 1913

At Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen on November 10, 1913, the airship LZ-21 had its first flight. It carried the military designation Z. VI, was 463 feet long and could achieve 48 mph. LZ-21 would be used as a bomber in Belgium at the start of World War I until it succumbed to battle damage on 6 August 1914.