Airship Times

For Christmas Ken gave me a sunset cruise on Airship Ventures' Zeppelin NT. It was an amazing aviation experience and I enthusiastically recommend it for anyone interested in aviation or sightseeing. I've done a fair amount of flying around the Bay Area but nothing approaches the majesty of an airship gliding through the air at a stately 50mph, down low at 1000'. And quiet, calm, incredibly beautiful. I took some pretty good photos...  

The It came from the Blog family of guilds will be holding a party on the Love Zeppelin -- and you're invited! We will not be forming a raid group for this event, but we will have a chat channel set up as usual. So join us this Thursday night ...  

Airship Ventures said that its Zeppelin airship called Eureka is seeking a new sponsorship partner. The partnership is available as of April. After two years, The Farmers Insurance Group isn't renewing its contract. The dirigible is housed in Moffett Field's Hangar Two, built in the early 1930s to house dirigibles. It uses the inert gas helium for lift and vectored thrust engines for flight.  

Led Zeppelin at Green Lake and other Seattle stories Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:46 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Led Zeppelin at Green Lake and other Seattle stories. Quirky Seattle stories you might not have heard before.  

It was called The Starship, and it transported Jack Dautrich to another world. By day, it was a world of Champagne-soaked breakfasts and limousine rides. By night, it was a world spent safeguarding the world’s biggest band, Led Zeppelin. In was a completely different world than the one Jack knew during his day job as a detective with the City of Philadelphia Police Department. And he loved it.  

The MetLife blimp, seen through the exterior grating of the Palm Street parking structure, flies over San Luis Obispo on Tuesday. The blimp, one of two, is named Snoopy 2 and is in transit from Southern California to Livermore, according to the MetLife Blimp Tracker page on their website: www.metlife.com/blimp.  

Check out the latest piece of UAV spy tech that the DoD is looking at out at the giant Nevada Test Site. World Surveillance Group’s worm-like Argus One airship began flight demonstrations for the Pentagon at a Department of Energy-owned airstrip inside the mysterious test range. (It was probably at the DoE’s Yucca airstrip, a site that [...]  

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During WW II, blimps were used to patrol the coast for Japanese subs      OK, we’ve heard this sort of thing before, but maybe this time the plan will stick: O.C. panel approves Tustin hangar park plan (OC Reg)      The Orange County Parks Commission has approved a plan for the land around the north Tustin blimp hangar to become a regional park.      The hangar would be restored, and the surrounding 84.5 acres could be transformed into...  

Portland-based Urban Airship, which develops mobile notification software for mobile app providers, has snagged a former Skype executive as its new Chief Revenue Officer. The firm has hired Christopher Dean, who formerly had been Chief Strategy Officer and head of business development at Skype. Urban Airship is backed by Intel Capital, Salesforce.com, Founders Co-op, The Foundry Group, True Ventures, and Verizon.  

"Peter Grant used to manage myself and Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart and Mickey Waller and Nicky Hopkins back in the good old days. He was behind a band that was going to be called The New Yardbirds," the Daily Express quoted him as telling Absolute Radio show.  

Up for bid on eBay is a German Zeppelin flight medal which was bestowed upon Karl Goetz. According to the listing, the Graf Zepplin was a large German passenger carrying rigid airship which operated commercially from 1928 to 1937. It...  

Another week, another Republican presidential contest. Ron Paul stays on course, no matter what the result. In contrast, one never knows from week to week whether Newt Gingrich will soar or crash. Paul is different. The Texas congressman likely ...  

Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song (acoustic cover) It's been awhile since I've done a cover with my acoustic guitar.... so here it is... a slow one, but one of my favourites from led zeppelin. It's not perfect, but I hope you like it... comment and rate! thanks for watching! \m/ROCK ON\m/ From: beyourselftdk Views: 8 0 ratings Time: 07:35 More in Music  

Ramble On - Led Zeppelin (Acoustic Guitar Cover) A cover of 'Ramble On' from Zeppelin II. I recorded this one with my iPod so let me know if you think the sound quality is better or worse please. From: nighthawk4592 Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 04:20 More in Music