Aloft in the Airship, Our New Zeppelin Neighbor

by telstarlogistics on October 28, 2008 · 2 comments

guest post by Todd Lappin (Telstar Logistics)

A Zeppelin at Moffett Field

Live! Zeppelin!

Approach for Landing

Cockpit Crew

View Aft

If you happened to look! Up in the sky! Last weekend! You might have seen a big blimp-like airship drifting over the Golden Gate Bridge around noon on Saturday.

Only, it wasn’t a blimp — it was a rigid-framed dirigible, and a genuine Zeppelin at that. Owned and operated by a local startup called Airship Ventures, the Zeppelin NT will be based at Moffett Field, and it should become a familiar sight in the skies over the Bay Area as the company begins carrying passengers on sightseeing flights.

I went aboard the Zeppelin yesterday for a quick demonstration flight, and it was good clean fun. Here’s my flight report, and here’s a link to lots more photos. Wheeeeee!

photos by Telstar Logistics

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filed under Aviation, Photography, Transportation

{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

1 jonbrown October 28, 2008 at 12:05 pm

Wow, interesting article. I'd be intrigued if these became actively used once again.

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2 Superlative October 29, 2008 at 7:25 pm

Seriously, who has money to throw around on a blimp, ehem, Zeppelin ride these days? Oh, yeah, those people.

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