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Zeppelin NT

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Semi rigid helium airship powered by three piston engines.

Lift type

Lighter than air

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Passenger small, Surveillance

Final assembly

Friedrichshafen ·

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Zeppelin NT LZ N07-100	2001 / 1997		Semi-rigid lighter than air airship with internal prism-shaped structure, includes improved variant: LZ N07-101.

Airframer

ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH & Co. KG

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