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OnJuly2nd1900[ ]ofpeoplelivinginaGermantown[ ]towatchtheveryfirstZeppelinairshipgoupintheair.Similarairshipshadbeenaroundfor50yearsbuttheZeppelinwasthefirstairshipwithaspecialdesignthatallowedittotravelfasterthanthosebuiltbefore.TheZeppelin's[ ]wasCountFerdinandvonZeppelin.In1910, theairshipDeutschlandbecametheworld'sfirstcommercialairship.BythestartofWorldWarIin1914, GermanZeppelinshadtravelledover172,000kmandcarriedover34,000[ ]andcrewsafely.
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ChristopherCockerel'sideawastobuildavehiclethatwouldtraveljustabovethesurfaceoflandorwater[ ]onthecushionofair. His[ ]startedwithtwocans, oneinsidetheother, andahairdryertoblowairintothem.The[ ]showedthataircouldproduceenoughpressureto[ ]avehicleofftheground.In1959, intheEnglishChannel, ChristopherCockerel[ ]thefirsthovercraftwhichhasbeenusedthroughouttheworldeversinceforcommercialandmilitaryreasons.