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Hello all,
July 2nd had marked the 114th anniversary of the Zeppelin airship. On that day in 1900, Count Zeppelin and crew first took to the air in the prototype LZ-1 for what must have been both an exhilarating and frustrating eighteen minutes above Lake Constance. While the initial flight was plagued by the faulty design of a weight system for ascent/descent, the ship was overall airworthy. The next several years witnessed several failures for Count Zeppelin, although each challenge would be overcome by Zeppelin's dedication to his aircraft.
While the decades have not been kind to the Zeppelin airship, none existing for nearly seventy years, the Count's invention lives on in the form of the semi-rigid NT model, allowing many to enjoy the experience of Lake Constance from the air as Zeppelin himself might have in 1900.
until next time,
The-Necromancer
July 2nd had marked the 114th anniversary of the Zeppelin airship. On that day in 1900, Count Zeppelin and crew first took to the air in the prototype LZ-1 for what must have been both an exhilarating and frustrating eighteen minutes above Lake Constance. While the initial flight was plagued by the faulty design of a weight system for ascent/descent, the ship was overall airworthy. The next several years witnessed several failures for Count Zeppelin, although each challenge would be overcome by Zeppelin's dedication to his aircraft.
While the decades have not been kind to the Zeppelin airship, none existing for nearly seventy years, the Count's invention lives on in the form of the semi-rigid NT model, allowing many to enjoy the experience of Lake Constance from the air as Zeppelin himself might have in 1900.
until next time,
The-Necromancer
Pedal Powered Airship
Hello all,
I recently stumbled upon a 2016 attempt by Guy Martin to cross the English Channel via pedal powered airship. Thus, for your viewing pleasure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRtZrmGfz6w
Further inquiry indicates that this particular record has yet to be set.
Until next time, up ship!
The Hypothetical Sounds of L-30
Hello all,
I stumbled upon a most interesting "recreation" of what it may have sounded like aboard the infamous L 30, and by extension, any wartime Zeppelin. While we will never know for sure what serving aboard a rigid airship may have sounded like, this little video was imaginative and rather inspiring in certain ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7plOkiZKXKQ
Enjoy and up ship!
The Zeppelin In Combat
Hello all,
The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division 1912-1918 by Douglas H. Robinson is a masterful work. It is one of those arguably peerless texts of military history that can engross and educate. Robinson's research, which was seemingly painstaking, took place over many years. His sources range from first-hand accounts with the then surviving members of the German Naval Airship Division to British Imperial war records and many things in between.
The Zeppelin in Combat is a must-have, in my opinion, for anyone interested in the history of rigid airships. While I have read several books on the more general his
BOOK REVIEW PENDING.
Hello all,
I finally ordered a copy of The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division 1912-1918, a book I've been meaning to get for several years now. If anybody has read it, give me your thoughts. I'll post a bit of a review once I've finished it to share with you all, so watch this space!
Keep the gas cells topped off, and watch out for thunderstorms!
Until next time.
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And if I have my say, we may have not seen the last of the great traditionally-built rigids. It will most likely have to be in a country devoid of the absurdist blatherings that the FAA calls regulations, but I do intend to do it.