Dr. Hugo Eckener (August 10, 1868-August 14, 1954) was the "old man" of the Zeppelin airship company. Eckener was born in Flensburg. He trained as an economist and was a correspondent for the "Frankfurter Zeitung" in 1905, 1906. Originally, Eckener had been very skeptical of zeppelins and their abilities and published criticisms of the LZ 1 and LZ 2. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, however, sought his critic out and then Eckener joined the Zeppelin Company. Wikipedia
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