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Airship Times

Airship Times has all the latest news, information and pictures from the world of Airships, Blimps and Zeppelins. Lighter than air travel is making a comeback, so join in.

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Cruising the Past awards Dan Grossman’s AIRSHIPS.NET as website of the month. Grossman’s excellent site tells the story of the airship Hindenburg. She was the fastest way to “cross the pond” during the 1930s. 2 and 1/2 days! And the most expensive way to go! The Airship Hindenburg was the last great passenger zeppelin. 1937 Video of the Zeppelin Hindenburg - new color footage of the airship, including the Hindenburg burning. We would like to thank Dan Grossman for permitting us to use many of the photos from his excellent website on the Hindenburg. Click here to visit his fascinating story of the great ... Read Full Story
Written by grobbins on
Image courtesy of Airship Ventures Airship Ventures , the company that operates Eureka, the world’s largest airship, is going to hover over the venue for Sunday night’s Golden Globes Awards , which will be held at the Beverly Hilton. And the company is selling seats. There are six left — each costing $1,250. Eureka will leave Long Beach Airport at 7 p.m. on Sunday and fly to Hollywood, joining helicopters in the aerial crowd above the hotel as stars arrive for the ceremony. Eureka is a 12-seat Zeppelin NT. At 246-feet, it is about twice the length of the space shuttle. But it rarely ... Read Full Story
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For this weekend's Steam Powered: The California Steampunk Convention , the band Abney Park and Airship Ventures have teamed up to offer dirigible rides to conference-goers (for $785 a ticket). Airship Ventures just brought one of their Zeppelin NTs over from Germany and it will be moored at Moffett Field. MAKE contributor Todd Lappin was lucky enough to get a ride on the ship and posted a flight report on Telstar Logistics: Operated by a startup called Airship Ventures, the Zeppelin NT will be based out of Moffett Field, Calfornia -- a fitting home, as Moffett was built by the US Navy during the ... Read Full Story
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Click here to view the embedded video. “This is like a yacht, it sails so smoothly.” So said Brian Hall as the founder of Airship Ventures stood inside the gondola of Zeppelin Eureka as the world’s largest airship visited Orange County for the first time on Thursday. The 246-foot long semi-rigid airship, which is about 52 feet longer than the Goodyear blimp Spirit of America, cruised over Seal Beach and Sunset Beach during a media tour that began at Long Beach Airport. The Seal Beach Pier and Anaheim Bay, as seen through the cockpit of Zeppelin Eureka. Image by Gary Robbins, The Register. CLICK ... Read Full Story
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Eureka, which rarely moves faster than 30 mph, is shown flying over San Francisco. Image courtesy of Airship Ventures. The Zeppelin Eureka — which is billed as the world’s largest commercial airship at 246 feet in length — will fly over north Orange County and other parts of Southern California in late May when the airship makes its first visit to region. Eureka’s owner, Airship Ventures of Mountain View in Northern California , says in an advisory that it will land the Zeppelin at Long Beach Airport on May 20 and will offer sightseeing flights May 22-25, some of which will track over Seal ... Read Full Story
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - Unveiling a new look over the weekend, Airship Ventures is sending hearts soaring above Los Angeles. The world’s largest airship, Eureka, shows she too loves L.A. with a giant valentine in the shape of a heart on her hull. Towering over three-stories tall, this  
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This shiny Mylar dirigible doesn’t look like the safest airship I’ve ever seen. No, not because of its poor aerodynamics. It’s more about the fact that it’s controlled by a group of people standing in another room who are trying to maneuver the blimp through various silly body movements. Created by a group of students…  
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Taking a Sunday morning public affairs show to the Super Bowl has its perks. For "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer it wasn't talking to the commissioner of the league, or even being just inches away from the Lombardi Trophy, it was a blimp shot. Anchoring from Sun Life stadium this morning, Schieffer interviewed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, husband of Fox News anchor Jane Skinner. Schieffer also talked with the NFL on CBS crew of Jim...  
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Filed under: Europe, North America, Airlines, News Every couple of years, someone makes the news with their announcement of a concept airship design that will "revolutionize the way we travel". This time, the design comes from London based design firm Seymourpowell. Their concept for airship travel is huge - 870 feet tall. capable of lifting 396 tons and offering penthouse apartments, bars and huge glass floors. The ship has been named...  
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If the idea of drifting leisurely over the Atlantic on a 37-hour journey between New York and London with access to a luxury sleeping cabin and a bar with the best view on (or, technically, above) Earth appeals to you, you'll like this: The hydrogen airship has been re-imagined as an eco-vehicle. This is a dreamy concept from designers Seymourpowell that's intended to whisk 100 passengers across the Atlantic with a whiff of the same sort of...  
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Ever since I was a little boy I've wanted a Zeppelin of my very own. Sadly, this new Zeppelin from Motorola is just a smartphone, and not the intercontinental airship of my dreams. Still, mid-range smartphones can be fun. TmoNews reports that Mobile.cz cam...  
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A 246-foot-long Zeppelin, touted as the world's largest airship, will take to the skies for the first time over San Diego during the start of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament, it was announced Tuesday.The so-called "Farmers Insurance Airship," which will be operated by Airship Ventures, will provide aerial television coverage of the tournament, which gets under way Thursday at Torrey Pines."Torrey Pines will host some of the world's...  
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