LZ 2

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|image=LZ 2 Flug 1905.jpg

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|type=Experimental airship

|national_origin=Germany

|manufacturer=Luftschiffbau Zeppelin

|designer=Ludwig Dürr

|first_flight=17 January 1906

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The LZ 2 was a German experimental airship constructed by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin and first flown in 1906. It was the true ancestor of later Zeppelin airship designs. The major mistakes made by Kübler in the design of the LZ 1 were not repeated: the designer, Ludwig Dürr, who was to head the design of all subsequent Zeppelins, used triangular-section girders instead of Kübler's flat girders, and elevators instead of a lead weight to control pitch.{{cite book |last= Robinson |first= Douglas H. |title=Giants in the Sky |url= https://archive.org/details/giantsinskyhisto0000robi |url-access= registration |year=1973 |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle |page=[https://archive.org/details/giantsinskyhisto0000robi/page/29 29] |isbn=0-295-95249-0 }}{{cite book |last= Brooks |first= Peter W. |title=Zeppelin: Rigid Airships 1893-1940 |year=1992 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |location=Washington D.C. |pages=34–35 |isbn=1-56098-228-4 }} The life of the LZ 2 was brief, consisting of only two flights. Its near-sister ship, the LZ 3—which first flew on 9 October 1906—was purchased by the German Army and operated as the Z I until 1913.{{cite book |last= Brooks |first= Peter W. |title=Zeppelin: Rigid Airships 1893-1940 |year=1992 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |location=Washington D.C. |page=34 |isbn=1-56098-228-4 }} Before being purchased by the Army, LZ 3 made many flights and carried a number of prestigious passengers, including the German Crown Prince.{{cite book |last= Robinson |first= Douglas H. |title=Giants in the Sky |url= https://archive.org/details/giantsinskyhisto0000robi |url-access= registration |year=1973 |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle |page=[https://archive.org/details/giantsinskyhisto0000robi/page/34 34] |isbn=0-295-95249-0 }}