Going to Friedrichshafen. (Anyone want a postcard?)
I will be heading to Friedrichshafen next week to visit with some zeppelin friends, do some research at the Zeppelin Archiv, and see new exhibits…
I will be heading to Friedrichshafen next week to visit with some zeppelin friends, do some research at the Zeppelin Archiv, and see new exhibits…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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….
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…
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…
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 in Germany have been published by Bild.de. The images were taken by photographer Joachim Storch, who…
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…
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…
Today is the 74th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937, at Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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 features prominently in a recent documentary about the revolutionary air defense radar system that saved Great Britain from Nazi invasion during World…
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 &…