Toto’s Zeppelin – Restaurant and Lounge
Toto’s Zeppelin was a supper club designed like an airship, even copying the design and furniture of the passenger lounge on the Hindenburg. Located between Holyoke and Northampton,…
Fun Stuff
A Visit to the Zeppelin Mast in Recife, Brazil
Last month I visited the world’s last remaining zeppelin mast, the Torre do Zeppelin in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. History of the Recife Zeppelin Field The landing field…
Zeppelin Wurst
Flyboys: Silly Zeppelin Movie of the Day
This is the interior of the zeppelin in the 2006 movie Flyboys. How did the thing ever get off the ground? 🙂
Guest Post: The Dr. Eckener Rose
This is a guest post by Airships.net reader Dagmara Lizlovs While researching biographical information on Hugo Eckener I came upon a website with information on a…
Chimney Pots
“The British don’t want us over their chimney pots. They’ll complain to Foreign Office.” I guess times have changed. I saw this while walking in…
Brazilian Zeppelin Bus
Hat Tip to scholar (and all-around great guy) Guillaume De Syon for letting us know about this zeppelin-shaped bus operated in Brazil in the 1950s. More photos…
Zeppelin Dress | Airship Fashion of the 1920s/1930s
Airship fashion of the 1920s/1930s
Lego Hindenburg
Jeroen Ottens of the Netherlands asked me to do a blog post about his Lego model of the Hindenburg. Happy to help out, Jeroen! Nicely…
Dieselpunk — A great blog for airship enthusiasts
One of my favorite blogs is Dieselpunk, which celebrates the aesthetics and iconography of the Machine Age. Dieselpunk often features images of the classic aircraft…
Giant Radio Controlled Model of U.S.S. Macon
Retired engineer Jack Clemens has been getting attention lately with his giant radio-controlled model of the airship U.S.S. Macon. The 1/40 scale model is 20-feet…
Hydrogen Balloons Launched in North Carolina
Two hydrogen-inflated passenger balloons were launched in North Carolina two weeks ago, on February 16, 2011. News story from the Statesville, North Carolina Record &…
Zep Diner
The Zep Diner in Los Angeles, California was part of the airship craze of the 1920’s and 1930’s.
The World’s First Flight Attendant
Heinrich Kubis became the world’s first flight attendant in March, 1912.
“The Hindenburg” (1975): Fact & Fiction
A review of the 1975 Robert Wise film, describing each major character and his or her real-life counterpart.
Airship Sailors
Officers and men of the U.S.S. Shenandoah, U.S.S. Los Angeles, U.S.S. Akron, and U.S.S. Macon.
Goodyear’s Luxury Dirigible of the Future – circa 1945
Goodyear’s vision of the future of air travel.
Music Video on the Hindenburg
I stumbled across this music video by the German Hip-Hop band W4C (Warriors for Christ), filmed on the Hindenburg passenger deck replica at the Zeppelin…