Zeppelin-Staaken
{{Short description|Former German aircraft manufacturer}}
Zeppelin-Staaken (sometimes {{lang|de|Zeppelin Werke Staaken}}), was a German aircraft manufacturer originally named {{lang|de|Versuchsbau G.m.b.H. Gotha-Ost}} (Experimental Works Gotha-East (V.G.O.)) when it was formed in mid-1914 by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and Robert Bosch. The company rented facilities in Gotha with the objective to build large, long-range bomber aircraft. Alexander Baumann was hired by Zeppelin as the head designer. The company moved to the village of Staaken, near Berlin, in mid-1916 and was renamed {{lang|de|Flugzeugwerft G.m.b.H.}}, although it was commonly known as Zeppelin-Staaken.Haddow & Grosz, pp. 209–211, 230–231
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- {{cite book |last1=Haddow |first1=George William |last2=Grosz |first2=Peter Michael |title=The German Giants: The German R-Planes 1914 – 1918 |date=1988 |publisher=Putnam |location=London |isbn=0-85177-812-7 |edition=3rd|name-list-style=amp|orig-year=1962}}