I have been intending to do a series of posts about my recent trip to Friedrichshafen but Christmas-time family events and other good things have gotten in the way. Since I am about to leave the country again — going to the UK this time (by ship, since zeppelin service is unfortunately not available) — I thought I would post some photos as a short preview.
When I return home I will post details about my visits to the Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei and ZLT Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik; the Zeppelin Museum and Zeppelin Archive; and visits with various zeppelin folks. I will probably describe some of the research I did at the archive, and perhaps even give some hints about future writing based on my new research. (I returned from the archive with lots of work to do.)
But for now, here are just a few photos.
The Zeppelin Hangar
Lifting a carbon fiber girder from a Zeppelin NT with two fingers.
Zeppelin pilot Hans-Paul Ströhle in an NT
With Paul in an NT
The Zeppelin Hangar
The Zeppelin Museum
The Zeppelin Library and Archive
Dan Grossman; Manfred Bauer; Cheryl Ganz; and Manfred’s daughter
Bye for now
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Greetings, Dan. I’m seriously jonesing for some LZ130 updates if you have some. In the meantime, my favorite Pompeii website’s getting some serious traffice
Did you go to Meesburg while you where there? For some dumd reason I didn’t and I’m sorry I didn’t Rick
Lovely photos, and I look forward to your upcoming additions. Also, I had no idea one could still go by sea to the UK. I’d thought trans-Atlantic ship services had gone the way of international Zeppelin services. Interesting.
Last photo’s real caption: “winter in Europe, man… hurry up with that camera dammit!”