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Zeppelin Poseurs: Why Chicago's Airship Dreams Never Took Off In the 1920s, the city was head over heels for airships. So why did it let this once-futuristic technology float away?
The Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen and the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen offer aviation enthusiasts a combined ticket. With ...
The airship, often referred to as a blimp, is Goodyear's newest, state-of-the art Zeppelin NT and is 246 feet long. The Wingfoot One can carry 12 passengers and 2 crew.
And finally, on the 11th of October 1928, Hugo Eckener, commanding the Graf Zeppelin airship as part of DELAG's operations, began the first non-stop transatlantic passenger flights.
On Friday, Goodyear unveiled its new state-of-the-art blimp at its Wingfoot Lake hangar in Suffield, Ohio. Built in partnership with the Zeppelin company, the new craft that replaces the 45-year ...
Climate Solutions Why these start-ups think zeppelins could be the future of air travel Nearly a century after the Hindenburg, a new generation of airship companies says they have a greener ...
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, March 29.-The Zeppelin airship made a successful flight to-day to a height of 6,000 feet. The greatest altitude yet reached. The landing also was successful.
Update: According to The Daily Mail, The artist who designed the iconic cover for Led Zeppelin's debut album has sold the original tracing of the famous image for £260,000 (approximately $323,650 ...
Pioneered from 1900 by the Zeppelin Company, German military airships bombed the British mainland during 1915-1916, killing over 500 civilians and injuring around 2,000 others.
-- The reconstructed Zeppelin dirigible airship No. 1 made a triumphal reappearance and ascension with ten passengers this afternoon and went through evolutions that for speed and stability were ...
Airship Ventures By George Raine , Chronicle Staff WriterFeb 21, 2009 The ground crew prepares for the Zeppelin NT's landing at Moffet Field on Monday, October 27, 2008 in Mountain View, Calif.Lea ...
In creating its first all-new blimp in more than 40 years, Goodyear changed up the design and engaged Zeppelin, a German company specializing in zeppelin-style airships.