Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI
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The Zeppelin-Staaken R.XVI is an incremental improvement to the Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI. This was one of a series of large bombers called Riesenflugzeugen
intended to be less vulnerable than dirigibles
in use at the time.
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Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge
The Zeppelin-Staaken Riesenflugzeuge were a series of very large bomber aircraft, usually powered by four or more engines, designed and built in Germany from 1915 to 1919.-Design and development:...
intended to be less vulnerable than dirigibles
Airship
An airship or dirigible is a type of aerostat or "lighter-than-air aircraft" that can be steered and propelled through the air using rudders and propellers or other thrust mechanisms...
in use at the time.
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