Hugo Eckener

Hugo Eckener was the longtime top manager at Luftschiffbau Zeppelin starting in 1917 when Ferdinand von Zeppelin died to about 1930.

He was the first to fly an airship around the world. In the 1930s he was anti-Nazi and would not let them use Zeppelin facilities.

References

This person had 7 publications and 0 patents in this database.

Publications by or about Hugo Eckener

• Eckener, 1908, Ueber Landungen von Motorluftschiffen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Echterdinger Landung des 'Zeppelin' (Simple title: About Landings of Motor Airships with Special Consideration of the Echterdinger Landing of the 'Zeppelin', Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Eckener, 1908, Graf Zeppelin beim Deutschen Kaiser, der Deutsche Kaiser bei Graf Zeppelin (Simple title: Count Zeppelin at the German Kaiser, the German Kaiser at Graf Zeppelin, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Eckener, 1908, Stabilität und Steuerbarkeit in der Vertikalebene bei Motorluftschiffen (Simple title: Stability and controllability in the vertical plane in engine airships, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Eckener, 1908, Die Fahrt des deutschen Kronprinzen in Zeppelinschen Luftschiff (Simple title: The ride of the German Crown Prince in Zeppelin airship, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Eckener, 1908, Die Versuchsfahrten mit dem rekonstruierten dritten Zep- pelinschen Luftschiff (Simple title: The test drives with the reconstructed third Zeppelin airship, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Hans Dominik, F. M. Feldhaus, Otto Neuschler, A. Stolberg, O. Steffens, Hugo Eckener, N. Stern, 1909, Die Eroberung der Luft (Simple title: The Conquest of the the Air, Journal: Union deutsche Verlaggesellschaft • Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• Eckener, 1910, Luftschiff und Luftverkehr (Simple title: Airship and air traffic, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• De Syon, 2002, Zeppelin! (Simple title: Zeppelin! Germany and the Airship, 1900–1939, Journal: JHU • T&C)

Names	Hugo Eckener
Countries	DE
Locations
Occupations	journalist, manager
Tech areas	airships
Accreditations	Doctor of Engineering
Affiliations	Luftschiffbau Zeppelin
Family name	Eckener
Birth date	1868
Death date	1954
Wikidata id	Q61666