The Farmers Blimp is not a Blimp: It’s a Zeppelin

The Farmers Insurance Blimp is not a blimp.  And it’s not owned by Farmers.

The airship is actually a Zeppelin NT named Eureka, owned by Airship Ventures.

Unlike a blimp, which has no rigid framework and maintains its shape like a balloon, the Zeppelin NT is a semi-rigid airship built around a framework of aluminum and high-strength carbon-fiber.  Eureka was built by a corporate descendant of the same firm that created Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg.

In addition to advertising the Farmers Insurance brand, Eureka carries passengers on sightseeing flights over the San Francisco area.

The learn more about the difference between a blimp and a zeppelin, visit Dirigibles, Zeppelins, and Blimps, and for additional technical details about Eureka, visit Zeppelin NT.

Airship Ventures has not disclosed how long the Farmers name will remain on the side of the ship.  Eureka previously advertised the personal genetics company 23andMe and the Disney film UP.