My Visit to Lakehurst Last Month
To lift your spirits after yesterday’s very sad news about Eureka being grounded, here is a photo of an airship that is still very much…
Articles by Dan Grossman
Airship Ventures Shuts Down
Airship Ventures has ceased operations and grounded the airship Eureka — a Zeppelin NT — effective immediately. The company operated Eureka since 2008, giving passenger rides in the San Francisco…
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…
Hindenburg Memorial Service at Lakehurst
I was at Lakehurst, New Jersey last weekend for the memorial service in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster and to reconnect with…
Hindenburg & Titanic Exhibit Opens at Smithsonian
“FIRE & ICE,” a wonderfully-curated exhibit about the Hindenburg and Titanic, opened at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in Washington, DC on March 22, 2012….
New Smithsonian Exhibit on Hindenburg and Titanic
A new exhibit, Fire & Ice: Hindenburg and Titanic, opens March 22, 2012 at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington D.C. 2012 is the 100th anniversary of…
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…
Dramatic (and Disturbing) Photos of the Goodyear Blimp Crash
Dramatic and disturbing photos of the Goodyear blimp crash in Germany have been published by Bild.de. The images were taken by photographer Joachim Storch, who…
Statement by The Lightship Group about Blimp Accident in Germany
The Lightship Group has issued a statement regarding yesterday’s tragic crash of a Goodyear-branded blimp and the death of its pilot, Mike Nerandzic. In an…
Goodyear Blimp Crash in Germany
A Goodyear-branded A-60+ blimp burned and crashed in Germany on Sunday evening in the vicinity of the Reichelsheim airport near Frankfurt. The ship’s pilot was…
Hindenburg Disaster – May 6, 1937
Today is the 74th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Goodyear and Zeppelin: Together again after 70 Years
Beginning in January, 2014, the famous “Goodyear Blimp” won’t be a blimp at all, but a Zeppelin NT. More than 70 years after the dissolution…
U.S.S. Akron Crash: April 4, 1933
Today is the anniversary of the loss of the U.S. Navy airship ZRS-4, U.S.S. Akron, which crashed at sea off the coast of New Jersey…
75th Anniversary of Hindenburg’s First Trans-Atlantic Crossing
March 31 is the 75th anniversary of LZ-129 Hindenburg’s first flight across the Atlantic. To commemorate the anniversary the Great Circle Mapper website has posted…
Lockheed Martin Signs Hybrid Airship Contract
According to a report in Aviation Week and a press release, Lockheed Martin has entered a contract with Aviation Capital Enterprises, Inc. of Alberta, Canada,…
Umberto Nobile Letters and Photographs to be Auctioned
Letters and photographs of Italian airship pioneer and polar explorer Umberto Nobile will be sold at auction on March 31, 2011 at Swann Galleries in…
LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin and the “Spies Who Lost the Battle of Britain”
LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin features prominently in a recent documentary about the revolutionary air defense radar system that saved Great Britain from Nazi invasion during World…
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 &…
RTL Television Movie “Hindenburg”
The two-part RTL Television film “Hindenburg” premieres February 6 and 7, 2011. Based on RTL’s description of the film, viewers shouldn’t expect too much historical…