Modern day Zeppelin flight

WilliamBoyd8

Active member
Having watched "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" several times,
I had to ride on a Zeppelin.

In January 2009 I got to ride on the Airship Ventures Zeppelin NT,
built by the same German company which built the famous Zeppelins.

The flight started from California's Moffett Field, an old US Army and Navy base.
The Navy flew dirigibles here in the 1930's.

Moffett Field is located near San Jose and "Silicon Valley".

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1. Airship at Moffett Field

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2. Airship cabin

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3. The pilots

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4. 1930's dirigible hangar

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5. Oracle Computer office buildings

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6. St. Carmel Catholic Church, Redwood City

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7. Stanford University and Hoover Tower

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8. Airship return to Moffett Field

By the way, a dirigible is not a blimp.
:)
 
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Indy99

New member
Wow, that's very cool! I didn't even know they had stuff like that! I guess I could just google this, and not show my ignorance :eek: but...

WilliamBoyd8 said:
By the way, a dirigible is not a blimp.
:)

what's the difference? :confused:
 

WilliamBoyd8

Active member
The difference:

A dirigible is constructed with a solid internal frame and a blimp is
basically a balloon.

By the way, the Moffett Zeppelin is now carrying advertising for the
Disney/Pixar movie "Up", which is about balloon flight.

:)
 

Insomniac

New member
Rick:A BALOON!?!
Izzy:It's a derigable!!!
Rick:What happened to your airplane?
...
Rick: YOU'RE RIGHT YOU ARE GOING TO GET SHOT!

From the Mummy Returns
(I COULDN"T RESIST):hat:
 
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