Built originally as an F Mk4 for RAF Rebuilt as a GA Mk11 for Royal Navy as per attached image Modified to PR Mh11 by adding camera in the nose Demilitarized as N723WT Resold as G-PRII

The is something we used to see from time to time when I lived in SoCal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWCnhFQe1pM Only it was from Vandenberg AFB, about 180 miles from where I lived, just about the same distance from Cape Canaveral to Miami.

Unfortunately Cody's last incarnation of the VI came apart in midair and crashed in 1913

Gif is too big to post: http://i.imgur.com/hbhAAAL.gifv

The LZ-18 met its end when a fuel fire in a forward engine car spread to the gasbags. All 23 aboard were lost.

First fatal zeppelin crash. The LZ-14 flew into a storm and crashed into the North Sea, breaking in two. The control car sank, drowning 14 of its occupants. From New York Times 9 Sept. 1913: GERMAN AIRSHIP LOST WITH 15 MEN; Commander, Head of Marine Airship Division, and Baron von Maltzahn...