In 1912, Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH was founded by Theodor Kober with financial support from Count Zeppelin. The oldest aircraft company on Lake Constance built over 40% of the seaplanes during the First World War.

The giant aircraft from Zeppelin-Werke Staaken GmbH replaced the airship as the carrier of strategic air warfare during the First World War. From 1914, Claude Dornier attempted to realize long ranges and payloads in aircraft construction. Count Zeppelin also played an active role in these developments until his death in 1917. Between 1914 and 1918, Dornier succeeded in convincingly solving the difficulties.

In the 1920s and 1930s, aircraft such as the Dornier Wal, Komet and Merkur had an impact on the expanding air traffic. In addition, the company also worked intensively and in secret on military developments to prepare for the air armament of the 1930s and 1940s. In 1942, Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH again founded its own "Aircraft Construction Department", which worked on military projects as well as studies for future post-war air traffic.

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