position, the ladder had to be elevated to about an 80° angle to allow full extension to 85 feet. (The maximum extended length of the largest wooden Magirus ladder is unknown, but the ones used during the erection of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation's USS Akron and USS Macon reached to 85 feet.) They can be seen, commonly, in early photographs of airships under construction in the 1920s and 1930s. In the Soviet Union In 1974, the firm was awarded a contract (called the Delta Project) for delivery in 1975-1976 of about 9,500 dumper and flatbed trucks (Magirus М232 D19 and M290 D26) to the USSR to work on the construction of the Baikal–Amur Mainline (BAM). This order was the largest in the company's history. These models were export-only options KHD products which were not offered on the domestic market in Germany. By January 1, 1975, for the first batch of Magirus trucks for BAM construction was ready to be sent to the Soviet Union. Many of these trucks are still in service today. Largely because of this single order, in 1975, export products accounted for 70% of total production by Magirus-Deutz, and the firm took the second place among the German truck manufacturers. In 1982, Magirus-Deutz erstwhile owners KHD sold the licensing rights for Soviet production of up to 25,000 Series 413 diesel engines. These were meant to be installed in heavy USSR trucks and other vehicles. Products Current products Iveco Magirus Eurocargo Iveco Magirus Stralis Iveco Magirus Trakker Iveco Magirus Dragon Gallery Timeline 1864 - Founded by Conrad Dietrich Magirus 1872 - 1872 2-wheel hand ladder climbable when free-standing, model »Ulmer Ladder« 1892 - First horse-pulled rotating ladder 25 m 1904 - First steam powered self-propelled “fire engine” 1916 - First fully automatic drive turn table ladder in the world 1917 - Production of Magirus motor vehicles 1931 - First turn table ladder with steel ladder set 1936 - Fusion with Humboldt-Deutz Motorenfabrik 1951 - Made the highest turntable ladder in the world 52 m 1953 - First turntable ladder with hydraulic drive 1965 - First forward control truck chassis 1971 - First rescue vehicle RW-rail for subway and local railway operation 1972 - First large airport crash tender 1980 - First turntable ladder »low-design« 1986 - First computer controlled turntable ladder 1987 - Take over of previous Bachert production plant in Weisweil, Germany 1992 - Iveco Mezzi Speciali, Brescia,